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fodder are for a pure cultivation, consequently no comparison 

 can be made with those from a mixed cultivation : — 



^ * Another name for the Lima bean is the d'Achery pea.l jPois dragee is the 

 name given in Bourbon to the white variety of this species, which is edible. 



The advantage of sowing Leguminosae in mixed cultiva- 

 tions, that is to say, in cultivations between rows of 

 canes, soon after the latter have been planted, is that they 

 occupy soil which is temporarily empty. The}' prevent the 

 growth of weeds and retain the soluble salts which, at this 

 period of torrential rains, would be washed away and lost. 

 If the crop is ploughed under when in bloom all these 

 principles are returned to the soil. 



If the field is to remain under a rotation crop for a certain 

 length of lime, trailing peas are the most suitable, and in 

 the foregoing table we have given the yields that may be 

 expected. In cultivations between canes the yields are con- 

 siderabh' lower, as onlv alternate rows are planted. In that 

 case, either non-trailing peas should be used or the creeping 

 stems should be trimmed off along tlie whole row to avoid 

 smothering the young canes. Appended are the yields 

 obtained from our trials at the Station : — • 



Cultivation between Canes. 



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