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where it will yield from fifteen to twenty bushels of seed 

 per acre. 



Field peas. Field peas, frequently called Canada peas, 

 are adapted to the more northern latitudes in the corn belt 

 and to the cool regions of the West. In the San Luis valley 

 in Colorado, pea-fed lambs reach the height of perfection. 

 This region has marketed for some time what is known as 

 the Colorado pea-fed lamb, which as a class comes as near 

 topping the market as any lamb that is sold. 



The cultural methods necessary for the growth of field 

 peas are similar to those employed with cowpeas except 

 that they should be planted earlier. They are a legume 

 and thus tend to build up the nitrogen content of the soil. 

 They yield in seed from twenty to thirty bushels per acre, 

 and it is figured that an acre supporting a good growth of 

 peas will fatten from ten to fifteen lambs, making from 

 two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds of mutton. 

 Methods of pasturing and handling the sheep are not unlike 

 those used in the feeding of cowpeas, and general directions 

 for one serve very well for the other. 



GROWING THE CROPS FOR SYSTEM III, OR THE PAS- 

 TURING DOWN OF CORN WITH HAY OR GREEN FEED 

 FOR ROUGHNESS 



How to secure roughness. When sheep are run in the 

 cornfield for the purpose of pasturing out the grain it is 

 essential to furnish some roughness other than what they 

 can gather from the corn blades and weeds. Under these 

 conditions roughness is generally supplied in the form of 

 rape or cowpeas sown in the corn, alfalfa or blue-grass 

 pasture, or hay fed in racks in the field. Directions for 



