280 AGRICULTURE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE 



cattle, both green and for silage, and to some extent for 

 making molasses from their sweet juice, like the Minnesota 

 amber sorghum. This is best grown in humid climates, and 

 does finely in eastern Oregon and Washington, while the 

 Egyptian, milo maize, and durra can be grown in arid soils 

 with very little moisture; as may be seen in the San Joaquin 

 Valley of California. 



The sugar cane proper belongs to the tropics and is now 

 hardly seen in California, as it does not pay. 



LEGUME SEED CROPS 



Beans and peas. In California lima beans and 

 white navy beans are grown extensively, especially 

 on the southern coast of California, but also in the 

 Great Valley. They are mostly sold in the Eastern 

 states. Beans, peas, lentils, and vetches are very 

 nourishing ; when necessary, men can live on them alone 

 for quite a while, as mining prospectors have some- 

 times had to do. In Mexico and southward, too, the 

 dark-colored beans (frijoles) grown there are almost 

 daily fare. The broad or horse beans, as commonly 

 seen in the gardens of Portuguese and Italians, also 

 make a dark-colored though very nutritious dish. 



cowpea, really a bean, with very long and narrow 

 pods crowded with seeds, is a great favorite in the Cotton 

 states and in India (Catyang), where it grows very freely; 

 in California it often suffers from the hot, dry winds. 



The soy bean, from which in China and Japan the " soy " 

 (properly shoyu) sauce and vegetable cheese are made, does 



