2/6 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



: — Got one in Bond County? I, 



: — Who has it? 



: — I have it. It puhs them up. I am quite an inventer 

 myself. I worked on the sugar bean for a few years and nothing 

 harder to cut than that. 



Cow peas are easier to cut than the white bean. Another 

 thing about using three pecks to the acre. Our soil is not rich 

 enough for less, three pecks is enough. 



Q : — Can you cut peas with a mowing machine ? 



A : — No sir. 



Mr. Cobb : — I was in the best section of the United States 

 for peas. I was in a portion of eastern Tennessee which ships out 

 more peas than any town in the United States. The peas are 

 all cultivated in rows, cut with mowing machine for hay, cut 

 with Deering Binder and mowing machine. Some one made 

 the remark here yesterday that cow peas could not be raised in 

 the north. They have cow pea hay in AVisconsin in abundance. 

 That is a good ways north. 



Mr. Grube : — One thing bothers us in this country and one 

 thing that retards the introduction of the cow pea in this county 

 and the results on it, and that is in getting southern grown seed. 

 I have gotten over that a little now. . When I want hay, I don't 

 know but what I would rather have southern grown seed. That 

 will always develop, but I would like to have that southern grown 

 seed in some year when we don't have a frost the 15th of Sep- 

 tember and a long rainy spell right after it. 



Q 



-Is that in Bond county 



A: — Yes sir. 



Q : — Thought you didn't have any rain here ? 



A : — Yes sir, we do. 



Q. — In regard to the planting of peas on black soil or light 

 land? 



A: — Yes sir. The better your land is the better the yield 

 will be. 



O : — Can you cultivate and succeed in getting the pod ? 



