6 FORAGE CROPS 
We have reports of yields of three and four tons of dry 
hay per acre from a single cutting. The dry hay has 
been analyzed as containing 21 to 30 per cent protein, 
which is very high. 
Wagner Pea is a deep rooting perennial which starts 
slowly and requires two to three years to become fully 
established. On cultivated land it requires clean culti- 
vation the first season. It is being used for forage in 
some sections on newly logged off land where it is 
adapted to hill planting between the stumps. Once 
well established it smothers out competing growth. 
Some classes of livestock, as sheep and rabbits, have 
been poisoned under certain conditions by eating freely 
of the immature foliage. This seems to suggest that 
it should not be used for sheep pasture. We have no 
knowledge of this plant ever being injurious to any 
other classes of livestock or of its ever being injurious 
in the more advanced stages of maturity. It is used 
for both pasture and hay. 
The bees work it much and reports indicate that it is 
a good honey plant. It begins blooming in June, con- 
Melvin Pellett with the late Frank Pellett examining heavy 
growth of Wagner Pea 
tinuing intermittently throughout the season. 
Ask us for reprint, “A Promising Forage Crop. 
(Wagner Pea.)” ; 
Seed, per packet 20c; pound $2.00; 5 pounds upwards 
at $1.50 per pound; postpaid. 
It is best to inoculate the seed before planting, using 
sweet pea or vetch inoculant. A can of this we will in- 
clude with each order for 1 pound or more of seed. 
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