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were just setting, it was found that a single average plant had from 

 100 to 230 pods on it, with from one to three beans in a pod. There 

 were growing in this field several varieties, hut the one that was doing 

 the best, and the one that was being grown as a field crop, was the 

 Medium Yellow. The Hope and Austin varieties, however, gave 

 promise of l^eing very productive and were more early-maturing than 

 the Medium Yellow. 



"In one field was a wonderful growth of cowpeas and corn, a 

 growth so dense that to walk through the field was out of the question. 

 A small tract of low, wet ground had l)een made to yield good returns 



Cowpeas in corn. This catcli crop made for Mr. Harriniun about $1(10. UO Uiat lie 

 had never previously made, by pasturing down the peas with western lambs. 



by seeding to alsike clover. The last field visited was one of three and 

 one-half acres of rajie, supporting forty liead of 80-pound hogs that were 

 getting two pounds of corn each per day. 



"Truly, it was a great agricultural 'field day.' As each field was 

 reached, and while the actual crop or result was in plain view, stops 

 were made and little institutes were held, detailed descriptions being 



