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The soy bean thrives over a wide extent of territory, and 

 is meeting with considerable favor as a forage crop, and also 

 for its seed. This plant is rich in protein, and combines 

 unusually well with corn. Hogs have done well when pas- 

 tured upon soy beans. It is also grown to some extent with 

 corn, for the purpose of har- 

 vesting the two plants as one 

 crop for the silo. Under some 

 conditions this, combination 

 gives very nearly a balanced 

 ration. 



The cow pea is mostly 

 grown in the South. It is 

 planted to some extent in the 

 middle Mississippi Valley, 

 although it does not usually 

 ripen seed in the North. It 

 produces a great amount of 

 forage, which is much valued 

 for grazing and for plowing 

 under. The peas are rich in 

 protein, and the yield is very 



satisfactory. This is one of the most valuable plants grown 

 in the South, for grazing, for hay, and for seed. The hay 

 may be used to some extent as a substitute for bran. 



Canada field peas in the northern part of the country, 

 make a valuable green crop for soiling, especially if planted 

 with oats early in spring. A seeding of oats, followed imme- 

 diately by one of peas on the same land, using about one and 

 a-half bushel of each seed to the acre, gives one of the very 

 best green feeds for early and middle summer use. This com- 

 bination may be safely fed to farm animals generally, and 



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