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thin soils and makes good hay. The velvet bean (Mucuna utilis) is one 

 of the most exacting members of the leguminous family as regards tem- 



FIG. 91. Broad, or Windsor bean (Viciafaba). (After Abel, Mary H.: Beans, Peas 

 and other Legumes as Food. Farmers' Bulletin 121, 1900, p. 6.) 



perature, and hence, its growth is confined to Florida and the Gulf coast, 

 where it is used as a green manure and as a forage crop (Fig. 93). Many 

 of the species of vetch have been more or less extensively cultivated, and 



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