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other legumes may be more successfully raised. In the 

 corn-belt, it can be grown to advantage sometimes as a 

 catch crop, especially after the failure of clover. Cowpea 

 hay is rather difficult 

 to cure. In composition 

 and feeding value, it 

 closely resembles alfalfa. 

 It is especially valuable 

 for dairy cows. 



Soybean hay, although 

 little used, ranks in feed- 

 ing value with the other 

 legume hays. Soybeans 

 may be grown as a catch 

 crop. 



Common vetch, often 

 grown with barley, oats, 

 wheat, or rye, is quite 

 generally used on the 

 Pacific coast and in the 

 South as a hay.. It is 

 seeded in the fall usually. 

 Hairy vetch can be grown 

 in the corn-belt. The 

 United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ^ 

 states that it can be used to seed in the corn at the last 

 cultivation to furnish a subsequent crop for green manuring 

 or for hay. Hairy vetch is one of the best legumes to use 

 where red clover is not a success. This is especially true 



1 Farmers' Bui. 515. 



Fig. 59. 



Cowpea. (Fijicr, Forage 

 Plants.) 



