1 68 Soiling. 



Delaware Station, Third Annual Report, page 151. 



" An analysis to determine its feeding value com- 

 pared with wheat bran. It took 5.8 tons of crimson 

 clover green to make one ton air-dry. And one 

 ton air-dry crimson clover gave : 



Crimson Clover. Wheat Bran. 



Crude fat $6.06 $6.16 



Crude proteins 5.86 5.48 



Carbohydrates 8.98 8.41 



$20.90 $21.05 



" Seed : An average of from nine to ten bushels 

 per acre is not unusual. Clover two tons per acre 

 leaves four tons of roots in the ground." 



Cow PEAS. 



South of the Mason and Dixon line the cow pea is 

 becoming one of the most valuable of plants for soil- 

 ing, and especially for plowing under for green 

 manure. I have witnessed some of the most mar- 

 vellous results from plowing under a crop of cow 

 peas in North Carolina. I feel safe in saying that it 

 is a saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars in 

 commercial fertilizers in that State alone ; and when 

 thoroughly understood will be an annual saving of 

 millions to the Southern farmer. 



It grows even as far north as Lake Ontario. My 

 own experience with it is limited to two trials on very 

 poor, wornout land; and while I was not able to 



