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Show Peas Constitute Quick Cash Crop For plenty of quick, cash from a farm crop, peas will foot the ; bill, says A. Fullmer Allred, Sanpete San-pete County Agricultural Agent. Mr. Allred quotes Dr. E. Milton Andersen, vegetable crops specialist special-ist at the Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service, as saying, say-ing, "Peas are one of the best crops a Utah farmer can grow." Why? Because: (1) They bring in the earliest cash income of any major crop planted. (2) They make one of the beet nurse-crops known for starting young alfalfa hay. (3) The selective weed sprays (not 2,4-D) which are used to control weeds in peas are the same ones that are used to control con-trol weeds in young alfalfa. Therefore, peas planted either alone or as a nurse-crop for alfalfa alf-alfa help a good farmer to get rid of weeds. .(4) Because peas are harvested so early, a light crop of alfalfa can be harvested the same year; or if alfalfa was not sown with the peas, a. late-planted crop of some kind can be grown; or the land can be plowed and kept cultivated cul-tivated for an intensive weed elimination period. (5) Every acre of peas will give the grower an average allotment allot-ment of about 4 tons of peavine silage. This is an excellent feed for young dairy or beef animals. |