

CHAPTER X. 



CANADA 

 FIELD PEA 



VARIETIES 

 OF PEAS 



HAY AND FORAGE CROPS. 



The hay of the United States is its most valuable 

 crop. In no place is forage more important to agricul- 

 ture than in the arid region. 



The Canada field pea is perhaps one of the 

 most important and valuable crops, both for for- 

 age and grain, that has been introduced into the 

 West. It is both valuable for irrigation farm- 

 ing and dry farming. In some sections the field 

 pea has revolutionized the agriculture. This is 

 true in the San Luis Valley, of Colorado, where 

 the raising of Mexican field peas and the fatten- 

 ing of lambs on them has largely taken the place 

 of grain farming. 



There are a good many varieties of Canada 

 peas. The Mexican is a mixed or mongrel sort, 

 which is largely grown in Colorado. The White 

 Canada has given us the best results in all our 

 experiments. There are several strains of these 

 White Canada peas. We are now growing some 

 from Sweden, France, England, Germany and 

 other places, and some of these strains are far 

 more productive than the common ones obtained 

 from Canada or Wisconsin. Other forms of 

 field peas offered by seedmen are, Green Canada, 

 Blue Scotchman, and several forms of garden 



