II. VARIETY TESTS OF COWPEAS. 



The variety tests of cowpeas were begun on the Iredell Farm in 

 1903. The results of six years' work are presented in this report. 

 The tests have included 31 varieties, embracing the main ones gi-own 

 in this and adjoining States, as well as many of the less important 

 ones. The results are valuable as showing the varieties which are best 

 suited to the State, and especially to the section where the experi- 

 ments were carried on, for pea and hay production, and for gi'azing 

 and soil improvement. The results are presented first in tables giv- 

 ing the data for each year separately, and afterwards in a table Avhere 

 all of the data for the several years are brought together. In the 

 yearly tables will be found the varieties tested, the yield of peas in 

 bushels, of hay in pounds per acre, date of planting, the number of 

 days to mature hay and peas, and the ranking according to produc- 

 tiveness for both peas and hay. These cover the main facts necessary 

 in judging of the value of varieties and their' adaptability to different 

 conditions and for different purposes. The yearly tables follow : 



Table XIII— RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COWPEAS ON IREDELL 



TEST FARM IN 1903. 



Variety. 



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Whittle 



Southdown 



New Era 



Red Crowder 



Small Black 



Iron 



Small Black Eye 



Large Black Eye 



Red Ripper 



Sixty-day 



Brown-Eye Crowder. . 



Clay 



Yellow Sugar Crowder 

 Small Lady.. 





13 



12 



11 



11 



11 



10 



8 



7 



7 



7 



7 



7 



7 



6 



2,517 

 3,388 

 1,561 

 3,315 

 2,650 

 3,775 

 2,856 

 2,880 

 1,234 

 1,222 

 2,541 

 2,130 

 1,113 

 2,335 



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6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 

 6-19 



110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 



no 

 no 



110 

 110 



03 



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90 

 90 

 78 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 82 

 78 

 90 

 82 

 82 

 90 



