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varieties of soy beans are Black EyelM-o\v and Ito San, and of the 

 larger and later kinds Mammoth Yellow and Tarheel Black are 

 especially promising. 



Two varieties of field peas, White Canadian and Colorado 

 Stock, were planted in late November, 1916. The plots were mowed 



Fig. S.— Texas Red Oats. Halt River Valley Faiiii. 



in the following April and yielded 3300 and 4400 pounds of cured 

 hay per acre, respectively. The Colorado Stock peas, in addition 

 to yielding more hay, set a great many more blooms than the Cana- 

 dian variety. This is consistent with previous observations. 



An acre of garbanzos was seeded fairly thickly in November, 

 1916, and mowed late in the following April. A yield of two and 

 one-half tons of cured hay per acre was obtained. 



NI-:W CROPS 



Rhodes grass. Natal grass and perilla, which are little known 

 in Arizona, were tried out on the Salt River Valley Farm the cur- 

 rent season with negative results in each case. Rhodes grass and 

 Natal grass are becoming important forage crops in the southeast- 

 ern parts of the United States. The seed of each failed to come up 

 satisfactorily on the Salt River Valley Farm, however, and the 

 growth of the few plants which did appear indicates that these 

 crops will be unable to compete in Arizona agriculture with the 

 forage crops now being grown. 



