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After cowpeas the oat straw grew to be three to four 

 inches taller than on the plot preceded by German 

 millet. The yields were as follows : 



Oats following cowpeas and German millet, 1897. 



In this case coT\T3eas were more valuable than Ger- 

 man millet as fertilizer for the following oat crop, the 

 difference in favor of cowpeas being 10.4 bushels of 

 oats per acre and 229 pounds of straw.'' (From Bul- 

 letin No. 95, Alabama Experiment Station.) 



This is an increase of 84 per cent, in grain. 



Immediate Fertilizing Effect of Cowpea and Velvet 

 Bean Vines and Stubble on Oats in 1898. 



This experiment is descibed in the following quota- 

 tion from Bulletin No. 95 of this Station : 



"May 14, 1897, on poor sandy soil Wonderful cow- 

 peas were sown on two plots, velvet beans on two plots^ 

 and German millet on a fifth plot. A sixth plot was pre- 

 pared and fertilized but left without seed, to grow up 

 in crab grass, poverty weed, etc. Cowpeas and velvet 

 beans were sown in drills two feet apart, German 

 millet broadcast. The millet was cut for hay July 16, 

 yielding 994 pounds per acre. The cowpeas on one plot 

 were picked September 10, yielding 11 bushels per 

 acre. 



The velvet beans did not mature seed. 



In September, 1897, cowpeas on one plot and velvet 



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