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FIELD CROP PRODUCTION 



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. 



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 



