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seeds was satisfactory. The medium variety grew to be about as tall 
as the early variety and produced a very abundant crop of seeds. The 
late variety grew to be about 24 to 30 inches high, but matured only a 
few seeds. In 1900 seeds saved in 1899 were planted. The results 
were about as in the previous year, except that the vine growth was’ 
stronger, due to the fact that the season was in every way more favor- 
able. The bean yield of the early and medium varieties was large, but 
that of the late variety was practically nothing. Many pods of the 
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last formed, but the beans did not mature before the frosts caught 
them. When cut before the pods are ripe the cured product becomes 
a very rich and in every way superior stock food. Too much can 
hardly be said in favor of this valuable forage plant, and, as it is as 
easily grown in central Texas as cornfield black-eyed peas, and the ripe 
bean is among the richest of concentrated foods, it should be largely 
cultivated by those having stock to feed. (See fig. 5.) 
