DRY-FARMING 



color, free from scab or crack in order to 

 secure the top market prices. 



Canadian Field Peas. 1 



This crop has given good results in 

 Montana and elsewhere and should be 

 tried in every dry-farm. Field peas have 

 a two-fold value. The grain and straw 

 furnish valuable food for all classes of 

 farm animals ; and the crop is one of the 

 best soil improvers, because of its ability 

 to take free nitrogen from the air and 

 add it to the soil. 



The best success in the growing of field 

 peas has been gained on clay loam soils 

 which contained some humus and some 

 lime. Very light, sandy soils do not 

 give enough vine growth; while very 



1 This does not afford an accurate description, since 

 many varieties of this particular strain exist. During the 

 past few years the Montana Experiment Station has grown 

 nineteen different varieties of field peas, all possessing dis- 

 tinctive characters, and yet all belonging to the general 

 class known as "Canadian Field Peas." 



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