FORAGE CROPS 



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IDAHO FIELD OR COFFEE PEA 



Seed of this plant was sent us oy the Barteldes Seed Com- 

 pany. A plot 9x10 feet was sown in the spring of 1896, which 

 produced plants 2 feet, 4 inches in height by September. The 

 plant sent out a flower which developed into a pea-pod from 

 ^ to I inch long, at the base of each leaf. As the pods of the 

 older leaves formed, the plant continued growing and flowering, 

 making fruit and flowers on the same plant. The plot weighed 

 in the green state, 35 pounds, or at the rate of 8 tons, 940 

 pounds per acre. 



SACALINE {Polygonum sachalinense) 



This plant has 

 caused as much 

 sensation as a new 

 forage crop for the 

 last few years as ' 

 any of the so-called 

 new introductions- 

 It is not, however, 

 as valuable as it 

 was first claimed 

 to be. We began 

 testing it in the 

 spring of 1896. 

 The seed was first 

 sown in trays in 

 the greenhouse 

 about the first of 

 March and when 

 the ground outside 

 was in good condi- 

 tion to receive 

 them, the seedlings 

 were transplanted 

 into rows three feet 



1 Fi 



apart and the 



G. 12. — Sacaline. (First season's growth from trans 

 planted seedling.) Height 2 feet. 



