The Bulletin. 1^3 



Whittle, 



Southdown, 



New Era^ 



Small Lady, 



Powell's Early Prolific. 



Small Black Eye, 



Large Black Eye, 



Mealer's Clay, 



Sixty-day, 



Michigan Favorite. 



It should be said, however, that the largest yield of hay was pro- 

 duced from the Unknown, the average for three years being 5,200 

 pounds or 2.6 tons per acre, against a yield for the Iron, the highest 

 yielder in the longer test period, of 3,872 pounds, or 1.9 tons hay 

 per acre. 



In addition to vigorous growth and large yield of hay, the charac- 

 ter or habit of growth of the plant, whether erect, half erect or trail- 

 ing, and the difficulty or ease with which it sheds its leaves, need to 

 be considered. The trailing varieties are difficult to cut and handle, 

 while the erect and half erect onces can be mowed and the hay saved 

 with much greater ease than the trailing kinds. Some varieties shed 

 their leaves early or they drop with great ease after cutting for hay. 

 The leaves are the richest part of the pea plant for hay, and it adds 

 greatly to the value of the hay variety for the leaves to remain long 

 on the plant and to adhere tenaciously after cutting so that as few as 

 possible of them will be lost. These facts are all given in the sum- 

 mary table, and show 



Iron, 



Clay and 



Whippoorwill 



to be specially valuable hay varieties. 



Peas and Hay. — For the production of both peas and hay the fol- 

 lowing are among the best vareties, according to our tests : 



Whippoorwill, 

 Red Crowder, 

 Iron, 

 New Era. 



Grazing and Soiling. — Where hogs are to be grazed and fattened 

 after the peas are largely mature the heavy pea-yielding vareties 

 are desirable ; while for soiling and grazing with other live stock the 

 heavy hay and pea-yielding vareties are favorites. 



Soil Improvement. — Now and then you will hear the idea put 

 forward that the main part of the soil-improving and fertilizing 

 value of the cowpea is the roots. Some people used to think that 



