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will usually be sufficient to mix with one bushel 

 of the peas. 



The quantity of peas that should l)e sown will 

 depend chiefly on the objects sought in sowing. But 

 more seed will be required of the large varieties and 

 by soils low in fertility. From one to one and one- 

 half bushels are usually sown when the crop is to be 

 pastured or plowed under. In a majority of 

 instances, one bushel of seed per acre will suffice to 

 grow soiling food or hay. When cultivation is to 

 be given between the rows, the quantity of seed 

 required will be proportionately reduced. 



Wlien the crop is to be plowed under, the large 

 and late maturing varieties ought ttsually to be sown 

 in the southern but not in the northern states. The 

 Wonderful, sometimes called Unknown, is one of 

 the best of these. But when soiling food, hay or 

 grain is sought, the kinds known as "bunch" varie- 

 ties — that is to say, branched and bush-like rather 

 than vine-like — should usually be sown. They are 

 more productive of grain than the former and are 

 more easily harvested. The best of these, especially 

 for northerly latitudes, are the Whippoorwill, the 

 Early Black, the Red Ripper and the Black Eye. 

 The Clay variety is in favor farther south. But 

 there is yet some confusion in the various names 

 applied to the cowpea. 



If cowpeas are sown before the weather and 

 soil are warm, the seed will rot in the ground, or 

 the plants will start so feebly that they will not grow 

 subsequently into a vigorous crop. After the corn 

 has been planted it will be sufficiently early to plant 

 cowpeas. In latitudes far south they can be sown 



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