484 FOEAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



As a spring-sown crop Tangier peas produced 2816 

 pounds hay to an acre at Dickinson, North Dakota, when 

 field peas produced but 1780 pounds. 



591. Flat-podded vetchling (Lathyrus deem) is an annual, 

 native to the Mediterranean region, at least in Europe. 

 To a small extent it is cultivated as fodder in Spain, France, 

 and Italy. Care must be taken in feeding, however, as 

 the seeds, if eaten in quantity, have a dangerous 

 effect. 



The stems are weak; the leaves pale green with one 

 pair of leaflets, the upper with a simple tendril ; flowers 

 red. 



The flat-podded vetchling has made fine growth during 

 several years at Chico, California, when planted in fall. 

 It seems to possess no character, however, in which it is 

 superior to common vetch, and it is not likely to be much 

 grown. Planted at Arlington Farm, Virginia, in spring 

 the plants languish with the summer heat and die 

 without blooming. 



592. Ochrus (Lathyrus ochrus) is an annual, native to 

 the Mediterranean region, where it is cultivated to a slight 

 extent for fodder, especially on the island of Crete and in 

 Catalonia, Spain. From all other cultivated species of 

 Lathyrus it is easily distinguished by the foliage, which 

 consists mainly of the broadened petioles, only the upper 

 leaves having 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets and a branched tendril. 

 The solitary flowers are bright yellow. 



Ochrus has grown very well in California when planted 

 in fall. At Jackson, California, a small plot yielded at 

 the rate of 30,855 pounds green weight to an acre. In 

 plats at Chico, California, its behavior has not been 

 consistent, some years being very good, other years very 

 poor. At Puyallup, Washington, the average yield of 



