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INDIANA. 



Miss Kate A. Drake, Elkhart, Elkhart County : 



It must be a valuable plant for our section, as it defies drought and cold, and 

 cattle, horses, hogs, and hens are very fond of it. 



Mr. Henry Wehr3% North Vernon, Jennings County: 



A clay loam of medium quality was used; it had been plowed 8 inches deep, 

 heavily manured, and pulverized with a spike-tooth harrow. The seed was sown 

 with a wheat drill at the rate of 44 quarts per acre May 21. The vines were cut 

 October 15, when they were still in full bloom. No pods had formed, and the 

 blossoms all wilted and fell off. I think it would have yielded about 2 tons of dry 

 hay per acre. Some of the vines were 10 feet long, and it was the hardest stuff I 

 ever undertook to cut. The forage is of good quality and liked by all kinds of stock. 

 It would make a fine crop to turn luider. The greatest drawback is the expense of 

 the seed. 



IOWA. 



Mr. E. L. Haj^den, Oakville, Louisa County: 



The seed did not germinate well, and the plants grew slowly until the 10th of July. 

 After that date they grew very fast until the time of cutting. The second growth is 

 now (October 17) about 6 feet and in full bloom, with some of the pods ripe at the 

 same time. I have been pasturing it with calves. If the seed was not to(j costly, it 

 would probably pay to sow it with spring grain for fall pasture or alone for green 

 manuring. 



KANSAS. 



Mr. J. R. Norton, Morantown, Allen County: 



The yield was heavy, but I did not gather it. Rabbits and sheep gnawed it all 

 winter. It came up itself this spring and made a lusty growth. I think it is a 

 valuable plant to have around. Perhaps it would make good hay. 



Mr. Georo-e James, Concordia, Cloud Count}-: 



It made a good growth, but the dry weather came when it was in full l>loom. I 

 wanted the seed, so I let it go to ripen, but it did not last long when the hot winds 

 struck it. I did not get any seed. 



mNNESOTA. 



Mr. S. M. Warman, Sandstone, Pine Count}-: 



The seed was sown broadcast May 19, 1898, on well-prepared new land. It grew 

 well, and is perfectly green still (October 15) , with many ripened pods with seed in 

 them, equal in size to the seed sent. Without doubt it will be a very valuable crop 

 to stock raisers and dairymen. I shall not be without it in future. The vines grew 

 15 feet long. 



MONTANA. 



Mr. E. Beach, Augusta, Lewis and Clarke County: 



A dry, gravelly bench land was used that had been in cultivation for several years. 

 The soil was plowed and harrowed, and the seed sown broadcast June 5 and har- 

 rowed in. It was in full bloom August 20, and was cut for hay. It is an excellent 

 and very nutritious feed. The yield of hay is about 1 t( m per acre. It also has excel- 



