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yield. The Mount Olive ranks first, having produced an aver- 

 age of 2.68 tons of hay per acre for the six years, and Whip- 

 poonvill second, having produced an average of 2.63 tons of 

 hay per acre. In the production of seed for an average of five 

 years, 1903 to 1907, inclusive, the Warren's New Hybrid has 

 produced the largest yield, 13.46 bushels per acre; Black Eye 

 second, 12.71 bushels, and New Era third, 12.44 bushels. 



For the production of cow-pea seed four characteristics are 

 especially desirable, namely, yield, evenness of ripening, early 

 maturity, and an upright habit of growth. The New Era 

 seems to have these characteristics the most highly developed. 

 It is a good yielder of both hay and seed; is as early and as 

 evenly maturing as any good variety, ripening in 107 days ; and 

 has the most upright habit of growth of any of the varieties 

 reported, thus making it the most easily harvested. Mount 

 Olive, which leads in hay production, matures later and pro- 

 duces less seed. Hammond's Black, also a good hay producer, 

 cannot be depended upon to mature seed. The Whippoorwill 

 is a little late in maturing, but it is a high-yielding variety 

 and is especially adapted for growing with corn for ensilage, 

 as it has a twining habit of growth and ripens well with va- 

 rieties of corn like Silvermine, Boone County White, Legal 

 Tender and Reid's Yellow Dent. White Grant cannot be recom- 

 mended, since it is troubled greatly by blight, which often 

 nearly ruins the crop. Judging from these tests the following 

 varieties may be recommended for growing in this state : For 

 seed, Black Eye, New Era, Warren's New Hybrid; for hay, 

 Whippoorwill ; for catch-crop after wheat, New Era. 



The following varieties of cow-peas have been grown one 

 or more years at this Station, but for various reasons have not 

 proven so well adapted to our conditions as other varieties 

 named above: Extra Early, Unknown or Wonderful, Iron, 

 Black, Red Unknown, California, Red River, Yellow Sugar, 

 Chowder, Extra Early Black Eye, Large Black Eye, and Lady 

 or Galivant. The following varieties of soy-beans have also 

 been tested one or more years : Green, Medium Green, Olive 



