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gin on it, as reasonable as a man could afford to do it in place of 

 letting it go to St. Louis and have another local freight rate and 

 another retailers profit to pay. I suppose that some of the people 

 here thought I was not doing all I could do last spring, but I 

 did. I got over 100 bushels black cow peas. 



I have studied all kinds of peas. I have had as high as 10 or 

 12 different kinds of peas growing in one field and studied them. 

 I have selected the black pea as being the best one for this purpose, 

 for this reason, they will produce more hay. 



Q : — Is that the Whippowill pea ? 



A : — No sir. That is nearly a white pea. 



The black pea is just as black as coal. What led me to this 

 conclusion is this. I have planted the black pea more or less on 

 my own farm for six or seven years, and I never have any one 

 year failure and that black pea comes up all over the ground. 

 That is not any particular advantage anything more than that 

 they are a hardy pea. I have tried others, and the Whippowill 

 never came up. 



Q : — What did that come from ? 



A : — It came from the seed. 



Peas should be put in not before the first of June. There 

 is not any rule to go by I know, but I know that that is so. From 

 the first of June to the 25th of June. Any one who thinks they 

 are going to get their peas matured early by planting them early 

 may hit it one year in ten, but they will be lucky if they do that. 

 The black pea is selected on account of its hardiness. 



Q : — How do you prepare your soil ? 



A : — Our soil is prepared in just as nice a seed bed as possi- 

 ble. There is another rule that will hold good. The better seed 

 bed the better the crop. 



— Do you put it in deep or shallow? 



— Not necessary to plow deep for peas. 



— How much seed to the acre? 



— I have always used about three pecks to the acre. 



— Do you sow them broadcast? 



— That will depend on the season. He must know some- 



thing about the weather at the time he pl?nts. Three or four 



