M8 PEAS, BEANS, VETCHES, PEANUTS 



7. Importance of inoculation. 



8. What are the yields of hay and seed? 



9. Name principal insect enemies and diseases. 



10. Give the origin and history of the soy bean. 



11. Name important characteristics. 



12. What are best varieties for each region? 



13. Give climatic and soil adaptations. 



14. Compare with cow peas in character of plant. 



15. Give methods of culture for seed. For forage. 



16. Give mixtures with soy beans. 



17. Why is it valuable to mix with corn silage? 



18. Give importance of inoculation. 



19. How is the crop utilized? 



20. Describe field peas. 



21. How do they compare with cow peas in climatic adaptations? In soil 



adaptation ? 



22. Name principal varieties. 



23. Give time of sowing. Quantity of seed sown. 



24. Give some common mixtures. 



25. Why so often mixed with oats? 



26. Give the life history of the pea weevil. 



27. Name two principal types of cultivated vetch, 



28. Describe spring vetch. 



29. Where is spring vetch principally grown? 



30. Give culture methods. 



31. How is the seed crop harvested? 



32. Where cut for hay or forage? 



33. What is the pasture value of spring vetch? 



34. How does winter vetch differ from spring vetch? 



35. Where is winter vetch grown? 



36. Give ordinary cultural methods. 



37. How is it used as green manure crop? 



38. Name common mixtures with winter vetch. 



39. Describe the horse bean. 



40. Name other cultivated vetches. 



41. To what cultivated plants are peanuts related? 



42. Relate the origin and history of the peanut. 



43. Where are peanuts most extensively grown at present? 



44. Describe the peanut plant, and especially the formation of the pod 



45. Describe briefly each of the important varieties. 



46. How does the peanut compare with other common products in (1) 



protein; (2) carbohydrates; (3) fats? 



47. Would you consider peanuts a rich food ? 



48. Why are light or sandy soils often preferred for peanuts? 



49. Will they do well in loam or clay soils? 



50. Why is lime often needed by peanuts? 



51. Discuss the use of fertilizers. Of farmyard manures. 



52. Describe a method of preparing land and" applying fertilizer. 



53. What is the ordinary distance of planting with small varieties? With 



large varieties? 



54. flow much seed is required in planting an acre? 



55. When are peanuts planted? 



