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if raised for hay, or if raised for its seed, it 
may be drilled in rows about three feet apart. 
When planted with corn, it can be planted with 
the ordinary corn planter, providing the corn 
and soy bean seed are occasionally stirred in 
the planter box, so that they will be thoroughly 
mixed. When planted in rows, it can be culti¬ 
vated for the best part of the growing season, 
as the plant is short and bushy. 
Cowpeas are to the South what alfalfa is to 
the West. The/cowpea is a soil improver, and 
makes a splendid stock feed. The plant resem¬ 
bles the ordinary garden bean in foliage, but 
has long, slender pods, somewhat after the 
fashion of the garden pea. Owing to its need of 
a long growing season, it has not been raised 
in the northern states, but does its best in 
the southern states. One of its most useful 
characteristics is that it will grow on relatively 
poor soil, thus filling a long-felt need in some 
of the poorer sections of the South. The seed 
can be planted like soy beans, either broad¬ 
cast, or in rows. Care should be taken that 
the seed is not planted until all danger of 
frost is over, as this plant is very susceptible 
to freezing. 
Canadian field peas have been mentioned be¬ 
fore in connection with pastures and hay crops. 
They are grown more in Canada than in this 
country, but along the Canadian border this 
plant finds much favor in this country. The 
most common use made of Canadian field peas 
is when they are grown with oats or barley, 
usually the former, and cut for hay. They are 
