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WASHINGTON. 



Mr. F. A. English, Farmington, Whitman County: 



I should consider the hairy vetch a good plant for dry soils of poor quality, but no 

 comparison to brome grass as a success. Under the adverse circumstances it was 

 remarkably good. There was barely an inch of rainfall from June 1 to September 

 15. I belieVe the plant would do better on moister ground and with occasional 

 showers during spring and summer. I can recommend it for its staying qualities. 



Mr. J, M. Scott, Kiona, Yakima Count}^: 



After the first two or three weeks the hairy vetch grew rapidly. It was frequently 

 irrigated and soon spread over the ground, making a tangled mass of \'ines. It 

 probably would yield from 2 to 3 tons per acre. The vines seem to be a rich feed. 

 From what I have seen of this plant I should think it will withstand a great deal of 

 drought and li\e, but to make a paying crop it needs a reasonable amount of water. 

 While the plants were young all kinds of stock seemed to be very fond of them, but 

 when the vines matured they did not seem to relish them. Mr. W. D. Taville, of 

 Kiona, who has a wheat farm upon the high plateau known as Horse Heaven, just 

 south of the Yakima Valley, sowed some hairy vetch this year, which, he says, did 

 fairly well without irrigation, but there is more rain there than in the valley and 

 the soil is better. 



WISCONSIN. 



Mr. J. F. Jensen, Waupaca, Waupaca County: 



I have been very successful with the hairy vetch. The seed was sown in May in 

 1898, and made a good growth of hay. It lived through the severe winter, and this 

 year grew to. a height of 4 feet. I cut about 10 square rods and thrashed out about 

 1 bushel of good seed. I think this is a fine crop to grow for the improvement of 

 our soil. 



STOLLEY'S VETCH (Vicia leavenworthii) . 



A native annual legume, with small leaves and trailing stems similar 

 to the common vetch. It is found growing wild in the granite regions 

 of central and western Texas. Its value as a forage plant was first 

 noticed by Mr. George Stolley, of -Burnet, Tex., a few years ago. It 

 IS said to withstand drought remarkably well, and cattle and horses 

 are fond of it. As it is an early forage plant, appearing in the spring 

 before even the needle grass starts, it will be especially valuable for 

 supplying green food at a time when it is badly needed. In the coun- 

 ties of Parker, Callahan, and Burnet, Tex., it has given most satis- 

 factory results, and promises to be one of the best winter and early 

 spring forage plants for those districts. It is also valuable as a soil 

 mulch and green manure. About iO packages of seed, grown by Mr. 

 Stolley, were distributed by this division in 1898-99. Several reports 

 have been received giving only fair results. It has not been sufficiently 

 tested to enable us to state its usefulness. 

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