34 THE COW PEA. 



seed is threshed and before it is stored for the winter. Put 

 the seed into tight barrels or boxes, and pour in about one 

 ounce of bisulphide for each bushel 'of seed. As soon as 

 the poison has been poured in, tightly cover the top of the 

 barrel or box with old sacks or any convenient material to 

 confine the fumes of the chemical and enable it to kill all 

 insects present. If the seed be kept for late planting, it 

 may again become infested in the spring, when a second 

 treatment should be given. The bisulphide does not injure 

 the peas for planting or for table use, but is very inflamma- 

 ble and must be kept away from any fire. A lighted lamp 

 or lantern, or even a lighted pipe, must not be brought into 

 the building where the seed has been treated, until the 

 peculiar odor of the chemical has disappeared, which will 

 be in about three days. 



GRAZING AND SOILING. 



Cow peas are among the best crops for grazing and 

 soiling, as they give more and better feed, in their season, 

 with less expense than any other crop which can be grown. 

 By a judicious selection of varieties, fields ready for 

 use can be secured at any time from midsummer until 

 cold weather, and a good part of what is needed for this 

 purpose can be grown as a " catch crop " without interference 

 with the regular crops grown on the same ground. This is 

 especially so when they are grown between corn rows, being 

 planted when the corn is " laid by " and grazed after the corn 

 is gathered. Probably one-half of the cow peas grown in 



