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alone, but sometimes with oats and barley. The crop may be used as 

 green fodder, or as hay, or may be ripened fo_ the production of grain, 

 for which purpose, one and one-half bushels of seed per acre are usual- 

 ly sown with a grain drill. The straw is richer than that of any of 

 the grain crops ; and the peas are very hard, but, when ground, make 

 a rich meal that is relished by cattle, sheep, and hogs. The meal of 

 the Grass pea, being rich in flesh-forming constituents, should form 

 not more than about one-third of the entire meal ration for farm 

 stock. In this respect, it is very similar to the meal of ordinary field 

 peas. Grass peas, however, cannot take the place of garden peas for 

 table use, nor of field peas lor the export trade. 



Fig. 6. The Grass Pea, showing the thin, grass-like stems, the white 

 flowers, and the pods containing white, angular peas. (Original.) 



