Grains and Forage Crops 129 



These plants are of high forage value as cow feed; also as a soil 

 restorative when the whole crop is plowed under green or wlicn the 

 roots and manure from feeding add to the soil. But for either 

 purpose the result depends upon how much growth you can get, and 

 that should be told by local trial before any great outlay is under- 

 taken. Canadian peas are hardy against frost and can be broad- 

 casted and covered with shallow plowing as soon as the land is 

 moist enough from fall rains — except in very frosty parts of the 

 State. They can also be sown in drills to advantage. Cow peas 

 are beans, and cannot be planted until frost danger is over in the 

 spring. They are only available for summer feeding, and whether 

 they will be worth while or not depends upon how much moisture 

 can be held in the soil for summer growth. They should be sown 

 in drills and cultivation continued for moisture conservation until the 

 plants cover the ground too much to get the cultivator through. 



Canadian or Niles Peas. 



/ send a sample of peas zuliich I bought for Canada field peas, and 

 they were so labeled. I would like to know what they are. 



The peas are, apparently, one kind of Canada peas. There is 

 some variation in Canada peas, but these are peas of that class. Some 

 of the Canada pea are hardly distinguishable from the so-called Niles 

 pea of California growth, and it does not matter much, anyway, for 

 one is about as good as the other. 



Sunflowers and Soy Beans. 



/ would like infoniiatioii concerning cultivation, method of feeding 

 and food value of soy beans. Also sunilozvers. 



Soy beans are grown like other beans, in rows which, for con- 

 venience in field culture, should be about 2J/2 feet apart and cul- 

 tivated up to blooming time at least. They should be sown after 

 frost danger is over and the weather is settled warm, for they enjoy 

 heat. For feeding they can be made into hay before maturity, or 

 the beans can be matured and prepared for feeding by grinding. As 

 with other beans, small amounts should be used in connection with 

 other feeds. They are a rich food and somew^hat heavy on the 

 digestion. The same is true of sunflowers, except that the seed is 

 richer in oil than in protein, as beans are. Sunflowers in field culture 

 are planted and cultivated like beans. The seed is flailed out of the 

 heads after they lie for a time to dry. 



Jersey Kale. 



Please inform me hozv to plant Jersey or eozv kale. 



Jersey kale can be planted by thin scattering of seeds in rows 

 2J^ feet apart so as to admit of cultivation, or the plants can be 

 grown just as cabbage plants are and set out lYz or 3 feet apart, the 

 squares to admit of cultivation both ways. The plant needs a good 



