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in combination with millets or other crops, the curing 

 is accomplished with less difficulty. Sometimes cow- 

 peas are seeded in the corn at the time of the last cul- 

 tivation, and used either for pasture after the corn is 

 harvested or plowed under the following spring for green 

 manure. Usually a good crop of hay may be secured after 



FIG. 116. A field of cowpeas. 



a small grain crop, if the cowpeas are seeded promptly 

 after the grain is removed. Cowpeas should be cut for 

 hay soon after one-third of the pods are ripe, for if cutting 

 be delayed much longer than this, many of the peas will 

 be lost and the stems will be less palatable. 

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THE FIELD PEA 



The field pea is a native of Italy and has been grown 

 in America for many years. It is sometimes known as the 

 Canadian field pea, and this name is applied not because 



