448 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



At the Washington Experiment Station 7 varieties of 

 field peas cut for hay gave an average yield of 5620 

 pounds an acre in 1909, while in 1910 the average of 11 

 varieties was 2730 pounds ; at the Michigan Upper 

 Peninsula Station the average hay yield an acre of 7 va- 

 rieties was 4100 pounds, the best being Golden Vine with 

 5060 pounds ; at the South Dakota Experiment Station 

 two varieties yielded 1400 and 1520 pounds to the acre. 



538. Pea's and oats. One of the oldest mixtures of 

 a legume and non-legume for hay is peas and oats, both 

 of which require much the same conditions, except that 

 oats will withstand more cold. The advantage of the 

 mixture is that the oats support the peas so that mowing 

 is much easier. The rate of seeding is 1 to 2 bushels of 

 peas and 1 to 2 bushels of oats to an acre. 



At the Ontario Agricultural College the best results 

 were secured with 2 bushels of peas and 1 bushel of oats, 

 and the next best with 2 bushels of each to the acre. The 

 average yield of peas and oats during 7 years was 12.08 

 tons green substance and 3.26 tons dry hay to the acre. 



The crop is cut for hay when the oats are in the early 

 dough stage, but both may be allowed to mature and the 

 seeds separated after thrashing. 



Other cereals are not quite as satisfactory as oats to 

 grow with peas. Six-year average yields at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College in green weight to the acre were as 

 follows : peas and oats, 7.93 tons ; peas and barley, 7.20 

 tons ; peas, barley and oats, 7.07 tons ; barley and oats, 

 6.78 tons ; peas and wheat, 6.03 tons. 



539. Pasture value. Peas are sometimes utilized by 

 pasturing to hogs or sheep. Shaw states that 1 acre of 

 peas . at the Minnesota Experiment Station furnished in 

 1895 pasture sufficient to feed 1 sheep for 345 days. 



