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The following yields (average for 4 years) per acre have been 

 obtained in Indiana : " Whippoorwill," 3547 lbs. of hay, and 12*2 

 bushels of grain ; " Michigan Favorite," 3585 lbs. of hay, 13*5 bus. 

 of grain ; " Early Blackeye," 3252 lbs. hay, 12*1 bus. grain ; 

 " New Era," 3719 lbs. hay, 12 bus. grain ; " Iron," 3810 lbs. hay, 

 7*2 bus. grain ; " Clay," 3779 lbs. hay and 4*1 bus. grain (Wiancko 

 & Cromer, Purdue Univ. Agric. Exp. St. Indiana Bull. No. 139, 

 1910, p. 121). 



The " Little Iron Cow Pea," out of 75 varieties of Cow pea tested 

 in South Carolina, is the only one found immune to the attack of 

 worms (Queensland Agric. Journ. x. 1902, p. 83). 



Experiments with Cow Peas at Onitsha have given some good 

 results (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 43). 



Ref. — " Catiang-Beans, Vigna Catiang" in Food Grains, India, 



Church, p. 156, with analysis. " The Cultivation and Uses of the 



Catiang Bean or Cow Pea," Turner in Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, iii. 

 1892, pp. 858-861 : Situation, Land, Sowing, Cultivation, Harvesting, 



Yield and Uses. " Vigna Catjang" Diet. Econ. Prod. India, vi. 



pt, 4, 1893, pp. 236-238. " The Cow Pea," Tardent, in Queensland 



Agric. Journ. i. 1897, pp. 208-211. " Cow Peas," Smith, in Year Book, 



U.S. Dept. Agric. (for 1896), pp. 287-296 : Origin, Forage, Cultivation, 

 Harvesting, Ensilage, Feeding Value, Fertilizers (Govt. Printing Office, 



Washington, 1897). " Cow pea, The Coming Crop for Central 



Queensland," Adams, in Queensland Agric. Journ. iii. 1898, pp. 92-98. 

 -" Curing Cow Pea Hay," 1. c. v. 1899, p. 343. Cow Peas, 



Smith, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 89, 1899, pp. 1-16. 

 Cow Peas and Corn for Silage and Fodder, Gethys, U.S. Dept. Agric. 



Circ. No. 24. 1900, pp. 1-10. " Cultivation of Cow Peas," Wicken, 



in Journ. Dept. Agric. W. Australia, iv. 1901, pp. 240-245. " Cow 



Pea (Dolichos sinensis or Vigna sinensis), Dodson, Louisiana Agric. 



Exp. St. Bull. No. 72, 1902, pp. 24-39. " Iron Cow pea " (a variety 



resistant to Wilt and Root-Knot), Orton, U.S, Dept. Agric. Bureau 



PI. Ind. Bull. No. 25, 1903, pp. 65-68. " Cow Pea Seed," in U.S. 



Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 225, 1905, pp. 11-12 : Harvesting and 



treatment under storage with carbon-bi-sulphide. " Cow Pea," in 



2nd Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. Orange River Colony, 1905-06, pp. 



274-276. " Cow pea, Vigna unguiculata" Dnggar, in Cycl. 



American Agric. Bailey, ii. pp. 260-267 : Culture, Harvesting, Uses 



and Literature (Macmillan & Co., Ltd., London, 1907). " The 



History of the Cow pea and its introduction into America," Wight, 

 U.S. Dept. Agric. Bureau PI. Ind. Bull. No. 102, pt. 6, 1907, pp. 1-21 ; 



Abstract in The Agric. News, Barbados viii. 1909, p. 213. " The 



Cow Pea," in Queensland Agric. Journ. xviii. 1907, pp. 107-110. 



" Vigna Catjang" in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 1107-1108. 



Cow Peas, Nielson, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 318, 1903, pp. 



1-28. " Developing New Varieties of Cow pea," Year Book, U.S, 



Dept. Agric. 1907, pp. 147-148 ; Abstract in The Agric. News, 

 Barbados, viii. 1909, p. 219. 



Vigna luteola, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 205. 



III. — Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 90 (Dolichos luteolus) ; Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 xv. pt. 1, t. 50, f. 2. 



Vernac. name. — Dakudu (Lagos, Thompson). 



Lagos : Old Calabar ; Nupe. 



Vigna nilotica, Hook. f. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 204. 



Vernac. name.— Koondeh (Karague, Cent. Africa, Grant). 



