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MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



peas and together they make much good forage, though 

 it is hard to cure. 



Making Cowpea Hay. There is no easy way of mak- 

 ing cowpea hay. The Tennessee station uses frames 

 made of four upright timbers about 9' long, bolted to- 



Cowpea Hay Cocked Over a Rack. 



gether at the top and spread below like a tripod with 

 cross pieces that hold the vines off the ground. On these 

 frames green forage can be cured in large cocks of maybe 

 500 pounds weight. In Bulletin No. 40 of the Mississippi 

 station is given an account of how to cure cowpea hay. 



