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acre. It is similar to red clover hay in chemical composition 

 and equal to the best red clover hay in feeding value. 



The velvet bean is an annual grown in the extreme South. 

 It is very difficult to cure into hay on account of its rank 



growth. The vines are 

 sometimes 75 feet long. 

 It is a heavy yielder and 

 ranks with other legumes 

 in feeding value. 



The peanut is grown in 

 the South. Hay made 

 from the peanut vines is 

 about equal to red clover 

 in feeding value. 



The beggar weed is an 

 erect annual from 3 to 10 

 feet high. It is used in 

 the South for hay. It 

 has a very rank growth, 

 often yielding 4 to 6 

 tons per acre. In feeding 

 value the hay is probably 

 a little below red clover. 



Canada field peas, 

 grown in Canada and the 

 northern states of this country, are sometimes used for hay. 

 Well-cured pea vine hay is about equal to red clover in feeding 

 value. Peas are often seeded with oats. The oats support 

 the peas, so that mowing is easier. 



Cowpea hay is used quite generally in the South, al- 

 though it is not generally used in the North, where the 



Fig. 58. — Field pea. (Piper, Forage 

 Plants.) 



