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Show PLANTING C0WPEAS IN CORN Btsides Furnishing Considerable Humus-Making Material Crop Supplies Sup-plies Soil Nitrogen. (Bv A. J. LKOU. New Tork I often read of sowing cowpeaa la corn at last working lu order to help keep up the fertility of the soil, and perhaps make some feed to be gleaned glean-ed after the corn comes off to the fall. This plan will likely do very well for the aoutbern farmers where they have a long growing season, but for a farmer who has only a season long enough to mature tho medium early varieties of corn, the season Is too abort to grow cowpeaa after the last cultivation of the corn. Hills of cowpeaa may be planted between the corn hills at the same time the corn is planted, or soon after aft-er where the corn Is cultivated only one way. The work may be don with a hand corn planter. One hill of cowpeaa should be planted plant-ed midway between every two corn bills. The peas will not Injure the corn. In fact I am not sure tbat they are not a benefit to the corn. They will furnish a large growth, and, besides furnishing considerable humus making material, they will fur-j niah considerable nitrogen to the soil. ; The vines may run up the corn, butj if they do they juat add value to the stover as feeding material. They can be cut up with the corn ' with but little ettra trouble. Then they will grow considerable seed peaa that can be hand picked If It la desirable de-sirable to do ao. The varieties that I have grown successfully with corn In this way are the New Era, the Iron pea and the Whlpperwlll. The Iron pea Is a little late la maturing. ma-turing. Only a few pods of my Iron peas got ripe last year that were planted about June first The New Era peaa planted at the same time got ripe Is August This plan my not prove practical with many farmers, but we Cad it to be quit aa advantage to grow cowpeaa cow-peaa with our corn In order to restore fertility and bumus to the soil then w can also secure our own seed from the peaa In the corn. |
