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NOTICE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. 
Through an arrangement between this Board and Mr. 
Willis T. Pope, Superintendent of Public Instruction, the 
principals of all public schools throughout the Territory have 
been placed on the mailing list of the Forester, so that during 
the remainder of this school year they will receive the maga- 
zine regularly. Almost every issue of the Forester contains 
articles that should be of value to teachers in some branch 
of their school work. It is hoped that the teachers will find 
it so. 
It is the desire of Mr. Pope, in order that the various num- 
bers may readily be referred to, from time to time, to have 
the file of the Forester kept in the school library. This no- 
tice is here inserted at Mr. Pope's request. Principals will 
please give the matter their attention. 
COWPEAS AND THE FARMER. 
Progressive farmers are just beginning to learn the value 
of cowpeas. Agricultural experts in the experimental sta- 
tions and colleges in the United States, after years of study, 
virtually have decided the humble leguminous plant is one 
of the best friends of the farmer, rich or poor. The value of 
the cowpea has been demonstrated recently in agricultural 
literature. 
Perhaps the latest publication on the subject is that of M. 
F. Miller, professor of agronomy in the College of Agricul- 
ture at the Missouri State University, who has just issued a 
bulletin on the seeding of cowpeas. The agriculturist says 
the great value of cowpeas as feed and a soil-renovating crop, 
which is now universally known, should give them a more 
important place in agriculture. 
The short period of growth of cowpeas makes it possible 
to use them to great advantage as a catch crop between the 
regular crops in the rotation, either for hay, for pasture or for 
turning under, says Prof. Miller. They are, therefore, espe- 
cially fitted for the man who wishes to build up land rapidly 
while he is at the same time securing a return from it in feed. 
The crop is one which will undoubtedly become of much 
greater importance, as the land is farmed more extensively. 
