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some results that will open your eyes. I don't want to have 

 you understand, for a moment, that I am recommending sod 

 culture. It is the last thing I will recommend for nine growers 

 out of ten. It is not adapted to their conditions in my judg- 

 ment, and they probably would not understand how to use it 

 successfully. Some of them would probably cut off the hay 

 and put it in the mow. But under the conditions I mentioned 

 in mv talk, I believe it has lost the eastern fruit growers their 

 prestige. 



]\Ir. Merriman : Is there any danger from the sand vetch, or 

 some of these other plants from turning out to be obnoxious 

 w'eeds ? 



Prof. Powell: Not if a man is a good cultivator; I should 

 not think there would be. If I understand you. I do not think 

 there is any danger at all of the vetches becoming weeds. I 

 do not know of anything that is dangerous, except alfalfa, in 

 the orchard. If alfalfa is allowed to grow in the orchard I 

 should not want to take my chances. 



Mr. Merriman : I don't think you understand my question. 

 The reason why I asked was this : in sowing some of this in my 

 orchard, while I supposed I had the seed of what I wanted to 

 sow, yet what I really obtained was a noxious weed from 

 Delaware. I don't want to take the chances of getting some- 

 thing else besides the vetch. 



Prof. Powell: That is true. They have sent out stuff' that 

 thev ought not to send. Of course you are liable to strike those 

 seeds in any part of the country. As I understood your ques- 

 tion, it was whether there was any danger of these pfents run- 

 ning into weeds. There is no danger at all. 



Mr. Merriman : If there is any such thing that has proven 

 to be a weed, I would not have it for a thousand dollars on my 

 land. 



Prof. Powell : A man, of course, runs that danger in 

 planting or sowing seed from anywhere. 



Mr. Fenn: Ever since the introduction of cow peas as a 

 cover crop, the newer varieties are being introduced all the 

 while, and it has got so it is pretty hard to tell just which is the 

 best or what you want. I'd like to ask Mr. Powell if he recom- 

 mends any particular variety? 



