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time. Examination of the stalks that had fallen down showed that 

 in nearly every case these stalks had been injured by the lesser corn 

 stalk borer when the plants were small. 



Unless a practical method of controlling this insect can be 

 worked out soon it promises to become a serious menace. 



LEGUMES 



With the exception of tests made with cowpeas previous trials 

 with annual legumes have resulted largely in negative results. As 

 a basis for further work 17 varieties of cow peas and the same 

 number of soy beans were tested on plots of ground ranging in size 

 from 1/20 acre to 1 acre. These varieties were as follows : 

 cow peas soy beans 



Brabham Mammoth Yellow 



Groit Virginia 



White Crowder Arlington 



Brown Crowder Chiquita 



Wonderful Manchu 



Early Ramshorn Biloxi 



• Potomac Peking 



Arlington Early Brown 



Monetta Tarheel Black 



Early Buff - Lot 3 Manchuria 



Early Catjang Hollybrook Early 



Two Crop Clay Fancy Yellow 



Clay Ito San 



Blackeye Wilson Early 



Cream Wilson No. 5 



Red Ripper Tokio 



Tavlor ■ Blackeyebrow 



Careful observation throut the growing season and at harvest 

 time indicates that the soy beans are decidedly inferior in value to 

 the cow peas for the conditions of the Salt River Valley. Altho some 

 varieties of the soy beans made a creditable growth practically 

 every variety produced an inferior quality of beans. The beans 

 shrivelled badly and for the most part are unmarketable. It is 

 possible that this shrivelling is due to the very dry atmosphere, 

 since the ground was kept in first class condition thruout the time 

 that the soy beans were growing and maturing. The three varieties 

 of soy beans giving most promise this year are the Biloxi which is 

 a rather large late growing and upright variety, the Wilson No. 5 

 which is a medium sized and medium early maturing variety but 

 which has the disadvantage of shattering rather badly, and the 

 Ito San. The latter is a small, early maturing variety but one of 

 the few that produced a good quality of beans. 



