CHAPTER XI 



OTHER LEGUMES AND CEREAL CATCH 

 CROPS 



The Soybean. --The soybean is gaining a place 

 among the valuable legumes of the United States, 

 and the acreage is increasing as its merits become 

 known to all. Its northern limits of profitable 

 production are much farther north than those 

 of the cowpea, and approach those of corn. In 

 the south it is gaining friends. Some of the ad- 

 vantages of the soybean over the cowpea, as found 

 by the Tennessee station, may be stated as 

 follows : 



1. Greater seed production in case of fertile 

 soils. 



2. Less sensitiveness to cold in spring and fall. 



3. Greater feeding value of the seed. 



On the other hand, a stand of cowpea plants is 

 surer in the case of soils that crust, and germination 

 runs higher. Its climbing habit makes it better 



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