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increase per acre ^vas 17 bushels, worth at 40 cents per 

 bushel, f:6.S0. The increase in the first crop 'of oats 

 after suiiiiiier lequmes was 81, 240 and 212 per cent, 

 <in average of 189 per cent. 



With tvheat the increase was 5.4 and 5.9 bushels, an 

 ayerage of 5.65 bushels per acre, worth at 80 cents per 

 l)ushel, .?4.53. The increment was 171 and 190 per cent, 

 respectively, an average gain of 182 per cent. 



With sorghum grown as the first crop after the plow- 

 ing under of the vines of cowpeas and velvet beans, the 

 increase in hav per acre v>'as 1.6, 1.6, 2.07, and 3.11 tons, 

 an average gain per acre of 2.1 tons of hay, worth, at 

 ^6.67 per ton, |14.02. The percentage gains were 85, 86, 

 57, and 86, respectively, an average of 18 per cent. 



Increase in the First Crop After Plowing in the 

 Stubble of Cowpeas and Velvet Beans. 



With cotton the ^ield was o^reater after velvet bean 

 stubble than after cotton to the extent of 18 per cent., 

 or 208 pounds of seed cotton per acre, worth, at 2^ 

 cents per pound, $5.20. 



With corn, the stubble of velvet beans afforded a 

 gain of 32 per cent, or 4.3 bushels, worth $2.15. 



With oats grown after the plowing in of the stubble 

 of these summer legumes the increase was 30.3 and 26 

 bushels, or an average of 28.1 bushels per acre, worth 

 $11.24. This is an average gain of 334 per cent. 



With v:heat following the stubble of cowpeas and 

 velvet beans the increase was 4.7 and 8.7, an average of 

 6.7 hiisheJs per acre, tvorth $5.36. The gain amounted 

 to 151 and 280 per cent, respectively, an average of 215 

 per cent. 



With sorghum the yield of hay was increased by the 



