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INTRODUCTION 



information gathered, the following quotations il- 

 lustrate how unsafe it is to rely solely upon reports 

 of academic writers, and show how easily one may 

 be misled by advice upon particular problems, even 

 when it comes from men of unquestioned capacity, 

 whose lives have been devoted as educators in seek- 

 ing truths about agricultural work. 

 Speaking of field peas : 



"Nebraska is too far south for the best results 

 with this crop." Neb. Bull. 84. 



' 6 This crop is one of the most serviceable in a for- 

 age crop rotation, supplying food when other crops 

 are not available.' ' N. J. Bull. 158. 



"It does not grow well except on good soil." 

 Penn. Bull. 102. 



"Canada peas are perhaps used more than any 

 other legume in the citrus orchards in California. 

 The effect is very satisfactory, so far as improving 

 the tilth of the soil." U. S. Bull. 278. 



"Experiments have been made in the Southern 

 States to determine its value as a winter and spring 

 crop. The results so far have shown that it with- 

 stands the cold of the Southern winters successfully, 

 and makes a good growth." U. S. Bull. 147. 



"Canada field peas are of no value to us. We 

 have never found them to be of any good." Direct- 

 or S. C. Station, Jan. 22, 1909. 



" Canada peas have never proven a great success 

 in the South." Pres. Ga. Univ., January 22, 1909. 



