OATS-AND-PEAS 188 
is in milk and the peas are forming pods; at this 
period, the largest amount of digestible matter 
may be secured. Because of the rather slow 
maturity of the crop, particularly if the weather is 
favorable, a single seeding of oats-and-peas may 
furnish supply for eight to ten days, providing 
cutting begins a little earlier than this, or when 
the oats are just headed out. 
When it is desirable to continue the feeding 
longer, a second seeding is usually made about 
ten days after the first. In ordinary seasons this 
will be ready eight to ten days after the first 
planting. A third seeding made eight or ten days 
later than the second is likely to be ready for use 
relatively earlier, however, owing: to the more 
rapid development of the crop as the hot and dry 
weather advances. 
In recent years a plant-louse has made its 
appearance in the eastern and southern coast 
states, and has been a very serious pest, attacking 
the peas and practically ruining the crop. Where 
this pest is present, the later seedings should not be 
made, as it attacks the plants at the end of June 
or the first of July, when early seedings have 
reached the cutting stage, and before later seed- 
ings have reached full development. When 
an abundance of fertilizer has been used, the 
plants are better able to resist or outrun the 
attacks of the insect. 
