Show I Letter Is Received B By Y County Agent Funk J J. J C. C Mo enson writes as follows fol fol- follows follows fol- fol lows r regarding garding pea and oat hay Mr Le Roy C. C Funk f I I County Agri Agent Duchesne Utah Dear Mr Funk I I have been Deen long impressed with the great value of pea and oat hay and the ease case with which it I con be grown grow I I Pea and oat hay is one of the best substitutes for alfalfa we weha II ha have ve It can carl be grown anywhere where grain can be grown Both Bothof of these crops do best on a clay I loam soil and a well prepared seed bed This usually means that I the ground should be fall plowed and then only harrowed in the spring Peas and oats may be sown at cat gat planting time when danger fr from m severe frosts are past The crop for hay should be sown at the rate of about one bushel bushels of oats per acre drilled in one C direction direction and nd then the peas atthe atthe at the rate ate of f fone one bushel per acre s seeded ed d at right angles to the direction direction di- di in which the oats were sown sown Irrigate the he field once more than would be necessary if the oats were were seeded alone This is to keep the pea vines growing Harv Harvest st f for r hay when the oats oats' are i in tire the dough stage and the peas in the pod are well formed This makes maltes a good palpable pall table nutritious hay hayDo Do not let the cut hay lay lay- i ithe In Inthe inthe the swath long enough to lose the I pea leaves Stack in well shaped and ond well topped stacks The rhe only objection to the growing growing growing grow grow- ing of this crop is the high cost of the field pea seed My recommendation is that each farmer who is short of hay should I grow this coming year about one half an acre of peas for seed so that next year he will have I plenty of his own home grown seed for use This will only necessitate necessitate the farmer fanner buying one half I bushel of seed peas after which he will grow his own Very truly yours J. J C. C Extension Agronomist |