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Ou both the plot thus treated and on that which had 

 never been subsoiled the crop was exceedingly poor. 

 The plot once subsoiled yielded at the rate of 6.7 bush- 

 els per acre and that not subsoiled 5.6 bushels. 



In May, 1898, cowpeas were planted on a plot which 

 had been subsoiled as above in the preceding February. 

 The yield of hay was 5,120 pounds on the subsoiled 

 plot and only 10 pounds less on the plot never sub- 

 soiled. A different result might have resulted from thor- 

 ough Avork with a subsoil plow. 



Drii-lixg Versus SoA\axG Broadcast. 



May 12, 1898, Wonderful cowpeas were sown broad- 

 cast at the rate of 60 pounds per acre and plowed in 

 with one-horse turn plows. On the same date an equal 

 quantity of seed was planted in drills, Avhich was done 

 by dropping the seed by hand in every third turn plow 

 furrow, the nex t furrow-slice serving as a covering. 



On all plots the fertilizer, phosphate and muriate 

 of i>otash, was applied broadcast on the plowed surface 

 and harrowed in. 



The vines Avere cut September 13. After curing for a 

 week, most of this time in cocks, the weights of hay were 

 found to be as follows : 



Pounds of coicpea hay per acre from drilling versus 



broadcast sK)wing. 



Hay per acre. 

 Plot No. -Lbs. 



4 Broadcast 6,400 



7 Broadcast 6,400 



5 Drilled 5,600 



In this test broadcast sowing afforded 800 pounds of 

 hay per acre more than drilling. The large yiekls in- 

 dicate that the season was favorable and the rainfall 



