COWPEAS 



503 



TABLE SHOWING ACRE YIELD IN POUNDS OF COWPEA HAY AT 

 VARIOUS EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



614. Feeding value. The high feeding value of cow- 

 pea hay has long been recognized and it has been used 

 extensively for all kinds of stock. It is particularly high 

 in protein, and where properly cared for, furnishes one of 

 the cheapest feeds for the modern farm. 



Experiments in the feeding of cowpea hay in compari- 

 son with other feeds have been repeatedly made at various 

 experiment stations throughout the country. The Ten- 

 nessee Station found that 6 to 10 pounds of cowpea hay 

 could be substituted for 3 to 5 pounds of cotton-seed meal 

 in beef production. In the production of milk and butter 

 this station reports that 1^ pounds of chopped pea hay is 

 equivalent to one pound of wheat bran, and 3 pounds of 



1 Green weight. 



