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8. The following varieties of cow-peas have given the 

 best results: For hay, Whippoorwill, Mount Olive, New Era, 

 and Gray Goose ; for ensilage, Whippoorwill ; for a catch-crop 

 after wheat, New Era. 



9. Cow-peas will grow upon a poorly prepared seed-bed, 

 but they respond to good cultural methods, and a seed-bed for 

 cow-peas should be prepared as carefully as a seed-bed for corn. 



10. When sown broadcast or in close drills cow-peas do not 

 require cultivation, but when sown in rows for seed they 

 should be cultivated in about the same manner as corn. Noth- 

 ing is gained by cultivating cow-peas after the blooming period 

 for seed production, since the late cultivation produces a more 

 vining growth and delays maturity. 



11. The best method of planting cow-peas is with a com- 

 mon grain-drill, letting all seed-cups run when planting for hay 

 and stopping up enough of the cups to plant in rows about 

 three feet apart when planting for seed. 



12. The best time for planting cow-peas in central Kansas 

 is from May 25 to June 10 for seed, and about one week 

 earlier than this for hay. When planting with corn for en- 

 silage the combined crop planted about June 1 has given the 

 best results. 



13. Cow-peas should be cut for hay when the first pods and 

 some of the leaves are turning yellow. For seed the crop 

 should be cut when most of the pods are mature. 



14. Cow-peas can be harvested for seed, in a small way, by 

 hand; but when grown in large areas the bean-harvester and 

 cow-pea attachment to the mowing-machine may be used. 



15. With the flail is the most satisfactory way of thrash- 

 ing cow-peas unless they are grown in areas large enough to 

 justify the purchase of a pea-huller or a cow-pea attachment to 

 the grain-separator. 



166. The cow-pea weevil which attacks cow-peas in storage 

 can be held in check by treating the stored peas with carbon 

 bisulfid. 



