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secured, the plants grew well from the start, and all of them matured 
seeds in spite of the very unfavorable season. Early in August it was 
seen that the vines were suffering and shedding their leaves. Most of 
them were cut, cured, and baled, and a comparatively large quantity of 
an excellent quality of hay was saved, and through the following win- 
ter was fed to and greedily eaten by cattle. Some of the vines were 
cut with their fully formed but unripe fruit pods attached. These 
pods cured readily with the stems and leaves and added no little to the 
fattening value of the hay. Some seeds of each variety were saved 
and planted in the spring of 1900. The general results were about the 
same as were secured in the former season. It is difficult to determine 
as to the relative values of the many varieties tested, as all of them 
were satisfactory. It is well known that the cowpea as a soiling crop 
is one of the best. As it produces in abundance fruit rich in all the 
special elements of a first-class stock feed, it is highly valued by those 
who know it best. The green-vine product is one of the richest of 
stock foods, and when cured is a very valuable hay. Central Texas 
stockmen and farmers are earnestly recommended to sow considerable 
areas of their farms each year to cowpeas. ‘They can hardly make a 
mistake in the matter of variety. 
Frievp Pra. 
A few seeds of the Canada field pea were planted April 10, 1899, in 
the grass garden. Only a poor stand was secured, but the vines grew 
well, with a great deal of stem that was covered with leaves, bloomed 
well, and matured abundantly. They had practically run their course 
before the hot and dry summer winds commenced. ‘The vines and 
seeds are very similar in appearance to the well-known English or 
garden pea. In the early spring of 1900 some of the peas saved from 
the crop of 1899 were sown in drills 3 feet apart, very thick in the 
rows, the purpose being to test the value of this variety for forage 
purposes. An excellent stand was secured, and the vines grew luxuri- 
antly and fruited satisfactorily. When the pods were fully formed, 
but before the peas were ripe, the vines were cut, cured without diffi- 
culty, with the seed pods attached, and baled. ‘The bales were exam- 
ined during the winter following and the hay fed toa horse and a cow, 
each of which ate it with relish. Some of the vines and seed pods 
were fed green to cattle and a horse and were eaten with relish by 
all. As this variety of pea will produce an abundant and early crop 
for forage or seed, it will pay those having stock to feed to cultivate it. 
GRAM oR CHICK PEA (Cicer arietinum). 
This is a curious-looking plant, but little known in this country, 
though it has been cultivated in Asia Minor during the past thirty 
