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(Vicia narbonnensis) , narrow-leaved vetch ( Vicia angustifolia) . Hairy 

 vetch (Vicia villosa) is adapted to nearly as wide a range of uses as red 

 clover, and in regions where red clover for any reason does not succeed, it is 

 the best substitute. It makes excellent hay, though it is rather difficult 

 to mow. It furnishes pasturage of high quality and may be grazed in the 



PIG. 94. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa). (After Mairs, T. I.: Some Soiling Crops for 

 Pennslyvania, Bull. 109, Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 1911, p. n.) 



spring without reducing the hay crop. As a winter cover crop, it gives 

 satisfaction, if sown early, but it makes a slower growth in cold weather 

 than common' vetch. It has been found to be the best winter green man- 

 ure and cover crop for tobacco fields in the Connecticut Valley. The 

 chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) is grown in Europe, Asia and Mexico for its 



