| 单词 | cowpea |
| 例句 | She made him a big pot of rice and cowpeas, and he set off the next morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Chester ran up and tried to grab a handful of cowpeas, but Alice swatted him away with her ladle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You mix the cowpea flour and palm oil, then you steam-cook for hours. You think you can ever get just the cowpea flour? Or just the palm oil?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Less well known are Africa’s combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes’ combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “One day, a poor boy from another village heard about the girl. ‘Please make me a pot of rice and cowpeas,’ he asked his grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Offerings include 'German Red Strawberry' tomato, 'Violet's Multicolored' butter bean, 'Whippoorwill' cowpea, and 'Cow Horn' okra. Breaking Ground at Monticello 2012-10-01T15:20:06.137Z Cultures throughout human history have had their own favored intercropping systems with similar synergies, such as tumeric and mango or millet, cowpea and ziziphus, commonly known as red date. Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Anna Koltunow of the University of Queensland is developing apomictic varieties of sorghum and cowpea, important crops for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. ‘Game changer.’ Scientists are genetically engineering crops to clone themselves 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Reddish brown cowpeas, or field peas, give the dish its signature flavor and color, and lend a sweet-savory nuttiness to a broth made from smoked meat. How to make Hoppin’ John, a tradition that’s more than a meal 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z His class uses cowpeas to test immune responses. Inside UW’s new greenhouse and its rare and exotic collection 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Or perhaps student produce ambassadors on college campuses, whole grains evangelists on corporate wellness committees, and young farmers — of kelp and of cowpeas, peanuts and nopales, lentils and buckwheat — turned TikTok influencers around the globe. Perspective | The hype over plant-based foods overlooks a key ingredient: Plants 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Longer term, the researchers are hoping to raise yields in staple foods like rice, cowpea and cassava. Scientists Boost Crop Performance by Engineering a Better Leaf 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Planting cover crops such as cowpeas and vetch, for example, boosts soil carbon on average each year by one-third of a ton per hectare, according to a 2015 meta-analysis in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The slave trade introduced the cowpea to the Americas, but rice-and-bean dishes already were being made and eaten in areas where rice grew wild. How to make Hoppin’ John, a tradition that’s more than a meal 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Along with not tilling several of his fields, five years ago, Basinger introduced cover crops - cowpeas, flax and turnips. General Mills chooses Kansas for restorative farming project 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z David Riley, a professor of entomology at the University of Georgia, works with vegetable pests like cowpea curculio, which has decimated the state’s black-eye pea fields. Sweet corn out, sweet potatoes in: Data shows fundamental shifts in American farming 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z The common name cowpea stems from the vines’ use as cattle feed. Sweet corn out, sweet potatoes in: Data shows fundamental shifts in American farming 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z On the one hand, leguminous cover crops such as cowpeas and vetch add nitrogen to the soil, which microbes can transform into nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z For farmers that just grow crops, they can reduce erosion and nutrient runoff, as well as keep weeds down, by planting cover crops like cowpeas or barley when fields are fallow. Chesapeake farmers target runoff reduction 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z With sunflowers, xenias, cowpeas, buckwheat and radishes growing on his fields, it’s hard to see the soybeans. General Mills chooses Kansas for restorative farming project 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “New World beans have natural resistance to the weevils we have in the Americas, but if you take an Old World bean like cowpeas, they don’t have that natural resistance,” Riley said. Sweet corn out, sweet potatoes in: Data shows fundamental shifts in American farming 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z It currently holds more than 890,000 samples from nearly every country in the world, including varieties of staple crops like maize, rice, wheat, cowpea, barley, and potato. Norway will spend $13 million to upgrade its doomsday seed vault 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Mindful of the growing global population, non-profit organizations and governments around the world are investing in research to optimize photosynthesis in the hope of improving the yield of crops such as rice, wheat and cowpeas. Bioengineering: Solar upgrade : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Hunger and poverty take a toll: There may not be enough food or money if a family loses its few goats or cows, or if the crops — sorghum, millet, cowpeas, rice — wither. The Boy, the Ambassador and the Deadly Encounter on the Road 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z After harvesting her first drought-resistant crops, she prepared a meal traditionally eaten by the Kamba people called muthokoi, a mixture of maize, cowpeas and beans. Kenyan farmers sow resistance to drought, boosting seed demand 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The region was once one of Nigeria’s breadbaskets, producing rice, maize, wheat, millet, sorghum, cowpeas, fruits, peppers, chilis and vegetables. Starving to death in Nigeria: Boko Haram is threatening the lives of thousands 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z So when a few showers fell last month in Androy, one of the hardest-hit areas, the 44-year-old ran outside to plant cowpeas and sweet potatoes, scattering seeds and pushing vines into the moistened earth. Fickle rains torture Madagascar's drought-stricken south 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Between 700 C.E. and 1200 C.E., the researchers found a clear boundary between sites dominated by African crops like pearl millet, cowpea, and sorghum, and those with Asian rice, mung bean, and cotton. Ancient crop remains record epic migration to Madagascar 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The report also said there were 85 potential new products being field tested, including drought-resistant corn and pest-resistant cowpeas for Africa. Acreage for Genetically Modified Crops Declined in 2015 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Accordingly, the newest South Carolina cowpea available to the state’s growers, released just over a month ago, is known as the Ogle Southern Pea. New southern pea named for retired Clemson plant breeder 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Sides include a pimento mac and cheese, charred cabbage slaw, fermented turnips and pickles, chilled cowpea salad, potato salad and more. Jesse Barber ramen pop-up, Howlin' Ray's hot chicken at Barrel and Ashes 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z They include 61 percent of peanut species, 12 percent of potato species and 8 percent of cowpea species. Food diversity under siege from global warming, U.N. says 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z I’d like to see GM research on less commercial crops, like maize, cassava and cowpea. Modifying the Endless Debate on Genetically Modified Crops 2013-05-14T11:05:27Z The scientists say that the cowpea, which is known in sub-Saharan Africa as the "poor man's meat" is drought-tolerant and prefers warmer weather and could be a reasonable alternative to soya. Bananas could be future staple 2012-10-31T00:35:46Z Yet this stretch-model string bean is really a spectacular variety of African cowpea, Vigna unguiculata. In the Garden: East New York’s Flourishing West Indian Gardens 2012-10-17T22:10:45Z Many leguminous plants, such as alfalfa, cowpeas, peanut vines, etc., may be cut fine and used as an absorbent for molasses. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z When the cowpeas are planted in rows on good land, well fertilized and cultivated, the yield is usually from ten to twenty bushels of peas and one and a half tons of hay. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z One staple, cowpeas, recently doubled in price in two weeks to 40 cents a pound. What's China's Real Inflation Rate? 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z The vines of the cowpea can also be used as a feed for livestock. Bananas could be future staple 2012-10-31T00:35:46Z There were bans on reporting of any demands made by constituents to government officials, and instructions on which official reports were acceptable for coverage of the notorious “poisonous cowpea incident” in Hainan Province. Chinese Official?s Threat to Reporter Ignites Press Debate 2010-03-21T21:03:00Z An urgent nationwide warning was issued by the central government’s Ministry of Agriculture, and within days, cowpeas tainted with the banned pesticide were discovered in the three other provinces. A New Food Scandal in China 2010-03-02T23:44:00Z Future issues will treat such subjects as cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts, velvet beans, rice, sugar, cane, silos, feeds and feeding, weeds, insects, etc. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z This is frequently the cause of failure in growing alfalfa, soybeans, cowpeas and less well known members of the legume family. A Living from the Land In some countries, including Nigeria and Niger, farmers have already moved away from cotton production to growing cowpeas. Bananas could be future staple 2012-10-31T00:35:46Z This points out the fact that such feeds as oats, barley, cowpea hay, shorts, red clover hay and whole cottonseed are especially rich in flesh-forming properties. Home Pork Making Many provinces in China banned sales of Hainan cowpeas after the first tainted batches were discovered. A New Food Scandal in China 2010-03-02T23:44:00Z Feed rich in mineral salts may be given, such as beans, cowpeas, oats, cottonseed meal, or wheat bran. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle There, inoculation is not necessary for these crops, but it probably should be practiced if other legumes such as alfalfa, cowpeas or soybeans are to be grown on land for the first time. A Living from the Land Cassava and the little-known cowpea plant could be much more important food crops as temperatures rise. Bananas could be future staple 2012-10-31T00:35:46Z The better treatment, and the safer one to follow in old orchards, is to cultivate the ground in spring and sow down in cowpeas or some other legume. The Pecan and its Culture This fungus does not attack any other crop than tomatoes, so far as known, though it is very closely related to species of Fusarium producing similar diseases in cotton, melon, cowpea, flax, etc. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato What a change that was from the regular daily diet of corn pone and rancid bacon, boiled with cowpeas containing about three black weevils to the pea. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Delicate and cultured women are living on cowpeas, corn bread, and molasses—and of such quality they would not have fed it to a slave. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Crops of favorable host plants such as cowpeas and soybeans should not be planted in or adjacent to nut orchards subject to attack by these sucking bugs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 Corn is probably the best crop to grow on new land, and at the last working cowpeas should be sowed. The Pecan and its Culture This fungus, called Sclerotium sp., or "Rolf's Sclerotium," is noteworthy because it attacks potatoes, squash, cowpea, and a long list of other garden vegetables and ornamental plants. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato At one time the Confederate government experimented with a mixture of cowpea flour and wheat flour, for the making of a nourishing hard tack. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Rye may be sown in the fall and plowed down in May, and cowpeas planted to be disked into the soil. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Feeds containing mineral salts, such as beans, cowpeas, oats, and cottonseed meal, may prove beneficial in replenishing the bony substance that is being absorbed. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse On fairly good land this will be sufficient, but on poorer ground the land should be continued in cultivation another year, sowing it down in beggarweed, cowpeas, soja beans, or velvet beans. The Pecan and its Culture The only satisfactory means of control is rotation of crops, using corn, small grain, and the Iron cowpea, a variety immune to this and other diseases. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Increasing the Productive Power of the SoilSecond crop of cowpeas on old, abandoned land "Let us not lose every whit of our labor; let us plant this pick-scarred garden," said the eldest. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition There are varieties requiring six months of southern heat to bring them to maturity, and some failures attending the introduction of the cowpea into more northern latitudes have been due to bad selection. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Calcium is found in nearly all soils in sufficient quantities for most crops, but sometimes there is not enough of it for such crops as clover, cowpea, alfalfa, etc. The First Book of Farming And when corn is grown, sow cowpeas at the last working of the crop, to enrich the soil. The Pecan and its Culture It must now be borne in mind that the root-knot worm can attack cotton, cowpea, okra, melons and a very large number of other plants. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Clover can follow corn or cotton or wheat; and cowpeas, wheat. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Comparison is made on the basis of equal adaptability of soil and climate to clover and the cowpea. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement These are the leguminous plants; such as clover, beans, cowpeas, alfalfa, soy bean, etc. The First Book of Farming This is done by planting such crops as hemp, clover or cowpeas. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The use of other varieties of cowpea than the Iron is particularly to be avoided, on account of the danger of stocking the land with root-knot. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato The clovers, cowpeas, vetches, soy beans, and alfalfa are all legumes. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Going southward, the cowpea has the advantage, and northward the clover gains. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement It grows at a season when the cowpea will not live. The First Book of Farming The still more diversified market produce of 1863 comprised also wheat, which was impressed by the Confederate government, syrup, cowpeas, lard, hams and vinegar. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime That boy's head," he remarked to his companions, after Dave had gone, "reminds me of nothing so much as a dried gourd, with a handful of cowpeas rattling around it, in lieu of gray matter. The House Behind the Cedars Plow or disk the wheat stubble, and sow the same field to cowpeas. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Affecting Physical Condition.—The cowpea has marked influence upon the physical condition of heavy soils, even when the vines are not plowed down. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The soy bean is planted and cared for in the same manner as the cowpea. The First Book of Farming The fields added green corn for boiling, roasting, stewing and frying, cowpeas and black-eyed peas, pumpkins and sweet potatoes, which last were roasted, fried or candied for variation. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime That on which a late crop of cowpeas has grown is well suited for the purpose, and should be plowed deeply and well worked over. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Like the cowpea, all the varieties of clover have on their roots tubercles that add the important element, nitrogen, to the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Heavy soils are made much more mellow by the cowpea, and when the crop is removed for hay, the stubble-land is easily prepared for a seeding to grass or small grain. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The cotton is grown for market, the corn partly to sell, partly to feed, the oats to feed and the cowpeas to plow under. The First Book of Farming In the Southern States, where cowpeas are a common crop, they are cooked in the same way as dried beans. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Possibly you did not get cowpeas; they do not look like garden peas at all: they look more like running beans, which they are. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered What kinds of insects visit the clover? the cowpea? the sourwood? the flax? Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Self-inoculation is quicker in the cowpea than in alfalfa because the vines carry some soil on them, and thus the dust in the seed crop may be rich in bacteria. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The author has traced the roots of cowpea and soy bean plants to depths of five and six feet, corn roots four and five feet, parsnips over six feet. The First Book of Farming Oh, yes, clover will grow very well, indeed, but cowpeas is a much better crop than clover. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, How late in the season will it be profitable to plant cowpeas? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Striped Cucumber Beetle and LarvaAll magnified It is a good plan to sow cowpeas at the last working of cantaloupes, in order to furnish some shade for the melons. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Two hundred pounds of soil from an old field should be well harrowed into each acre of land when preparing for a cowpea seeding in a new region. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Clover, alfalfa, lucern, cowpea, soy bean, snap bean, vetch and similar plants are legumes. The First Book of Farming He has been growing cowpeas in rotation with other crops; and, as I say, he is making money hand over fist. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Both common field peas and cowpeas do not possess this element, and if you can grow them they will serve as a substitute for the other legumes, such as alfalfa. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Selecting Wheat Seed One may secure a good seed-bed after cotton and corn as well as after cowpeas and other legumes. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Some farmers use the latter method successfully, but the experimenter with the cowpea usually will fail, and should prefer thorough field curing, at the risk of some damage from rain and sun. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Carefully dig up a root of clover, cowpea, soy bean or other legume and wash the soil from it. The First Book of Farming That is altogether possible," said Percy; "but it must be remembered that your soil is acid and consequently will not grow clover or alfalfa successfully, or even cowpeas very satisfactorily. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, You can plant cowpeas all summer on land which is moist enough by natural moisture or irrigation to promote growth. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered They are not so good, however, as cowpeas, since they add no atmospheric nitrogen to the soil, as all leguminous crops do. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition As a Catch Crop.—A leading use of the cowpea is that of a catch crop, either between other crops or in a growing crop, such as corn. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The cowpea is perhaps the most important leguminous plant grown for soil improvement in the South. The First Book of Farming Second year—Part oats or barley, part cowpeas or soy beans. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, If your alfalfa stand is bad enough to need re-sowing anyway, you may get a good catch crop of cowpeas by doing as you propose. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered A shallow, worn-out soil should not be used for corn, but for cowpeas or rye. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Its northern limits of profitable production are much farther north than those of the cowpea, and approach those of corn. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement On the farm of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute cowpea roots have been traced to the depth of sixty-one inches. The First Book of Farming These legumes may include some cowpeas and soy beans and some sweet clover, but that is not yet fully decided upon. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Are "horse beans" a leguminous crop and how does their feeding value for hogs compare to cowpeas and Canadian field peas? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Buckwheat shares with rye and cowpeas the power to make a fairly good crop on poor land. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Some of the advantages of the soybean over the cowpea, as found by the Tennessee station, may be stated as follows: 1. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Aside from its value as a green manure crop the cowpea is useful as food for man and the farm animals. The First Book of Farming Forty No. I was left to "lie out," and No. 2 raised only twelve acres of cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, On clear land moderately retentive much more is being done in summer growth of cowpeas without irrigation than expected. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The custom of planting cowpeas between the rows at the last working of corn is a good one, and wherever the climate permits this custom should be followed. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition On the other hand, a stand of cowpea plants is surer in the case of soils that crust, and germination runs higher. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The cowpea roots, for example, can take nitrogen from the air and they can use such tough phosphoric acid and potash that it seldom pays to feed them directly with fertilizers. The First Book of Farming About three tons of cowpea hay of excellent quality were secured from the twelve acres, and fifty barrels of apples were put in storage. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, I planted cowpeas between peach trees which I have kept irrigated; when should they be plowed under? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Like the cowpea, this bean is at home only in a warm climate. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Fertility Value.—There are so many varieties of the soybean and the cowpea, and adaptation to soil and climate varies so widely, that a fair comparison is difficult to make. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Suppose the oats be made into oat hay and be fed on the farm and the cowpeas be turned under. The First Book of Farming Sometimes I don't get the wheat seeded, and then I put the land in cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, If you can get a suitable plot that has been in red clover, alfalfa, soy beans, or cowpeas for a number of years, so much the better. Three Acres and Liberty Moreover, he should grow mainly those crops that are rich in protein materials, for example, cowpeas, alfalfa, and clover. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Much cowpea seed is low in germination power, and the buyer should exercise caution. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Assuming that the cowpeas take half their nitrogen from the air. The First Book of Farming I usually raise about twenty-five acres of cowpeas, and the rest of the cleared land I use for meadow and pasture. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The curing is more difficult than in the case of the cowpea because the leaves drop early, and the plants must be harvested before they approach maturity. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Dairying can be most profitably followed in sections where crops like cowpeas, clover, alfalfa, and corn are peculiarly at home. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Inoculation.—The inoculation of the soil with cowpea bacteria is necessary to best results in most regions new to the plant. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Every well arranged rotation should have at least one crop grown for its manurial effect on the soil, as a crop of cowpeas, or one of clover, to be turned under. The First Book of Farming The cowpeas and corn fodder usually kept one or more cows through the winter when they could not secure a living in the brush. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The fertilizer requirement is like that of the cowpea. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement In the South, cowpeas, soy beans, clovers, and vetches may be used in this rotation. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition However, most new seedings of the cowpea do not show a large number of nodules on the plant roots, and inoculation pays. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Fertilizing Value.—A heavy growth of the cowpea is worth as much to the soil as a good crop of red clover. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement "How can that be when one of the crops is cowpeas?" The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Some analyses show a higher percentage of protein in cowpea hay than in clover hay, and the experience of many stockmen indicates that such is the case. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement From the fact that they do well in so many different sections and in so many different climates, the following are the most useful legumes: alfalfa, clovers, cowpeas, vetches, and soy beans. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition In the work of supplying land with fertility, directly and indirectly, the southern cowpea has an important place. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The substitution of the soybean or cowpea for the oat crop gives excellent results. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement It should be plowed under for corn on one field early in May and two or three weeks later the other field is plowed for cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, In addition each ton of cowpea vines contains ten pounds of phosphoric acid and twenty-nine pounds of potash. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Alfalfa, however, unlike the cowpea, does not take to poor land. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Characteristics.—The cowpea is closely related to the bean, and is very unlike the Canada pea, which is a true pea, thriving only in a cool climate. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement There is danger in plowing into the soil at one time any bountiful green crop like cowpeas. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition You see the cowpeas grow during the same months as corn and on land prepared in about the same manner. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Now if a heavy cowpea crop or any other similar crop be at one plowing turned into the soil, the soil particles will be so separated as to destroy capillarity. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Moreover, by good tillage and by the use of a very small amount of fertilizer, the cowpea can be grown on land too poor to produce any other crop. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The cowpea has been grown in the southern states over one hundred years, and the acreage is large, but it never has come into the full use it deserves. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Chinese Soy Beans The plant will grow on many different kinds of soil, but it needs a richer soil than the cowpea does. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Tobacco, corn, wheat and cowpeas were the principal crops. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The bean may be sowed, however, earlier than cowpeas. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition There are about two hundred varieties of cowpeas. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Varieties.—There are many varieties of the cowpea, and confusion of names prevails, although some stations have done good service in identification of individuals carrying a number of names. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Where only corn is fed, the body becomes very fat and is not so desirable for food as when middlings, tankage, cowpeas, or soy beans are added as a part of the ration. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition It takes mighty good land to grow clover; but cowpeas are better for us. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Why are cowpeas, clover, and alfalfa so important to the farmer? Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Few plants equal the cowpea in repaying careful preparation. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The preparation of the soil should be more thorough than that often given the cowpea. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Only about one-tenth of the nitrogen contained in the cowpea plant is left in the roots and stubble when the crop is harvested. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, I can see that clover would be much better than cowpeas if we could grow it; but, as I said, it's played out here. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Suppose the yield is two tons per acre of cowpea hay! The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, When cowpeas are planted for hay the seeds should be drilled or broadcasted. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition This is a reason for many failures of alfalfa, crimson clover, the soybean, the cowpea, hairy vetch, and other legumes new to the region. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Land that will furnish 48 pounds of nitrogen for a crop of oats or wheat will furnish more than 10 pounds for a crop of cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, and soy beans are all profitable crops, and they all have power to use the free nitrogen of the air. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, If the soil will furnish 75 pounds of nitrogen to the corn crop, and 48 pounds to the oats and wheat, it would surely furnish 29 pounds to the cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The mixed hay is more easily harvested and more easily cured than unmixed cowpea hay. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The cowpea trails on the ground, and carries its bacteria more successfully than the soybean. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Perhaps 210 pounds would be nearer the truth, in which case the soil would furnish about half as much nitrogen to the cowpea crop as to the corn crop. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Do you mean to say that the roots and stubble of the cowpeas would add no nitrogen to the soil? The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, This means that the roots and stubble of a two-ton crop of clover would contain about forty pounds of nitrogen, or more than we assumed was taken from the soil by the cowpeas. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, When cowpeas are grown for their pods to ripen, the seeds should be planted in rows about a yard apart. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition When a soil is thin, there may be no better preparatory crop than the cowpea, which will not make too rank a growth in the north to prevent its handling with a weighted disk harrow. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement That is rather confusing," said Mr. Thornton, "you say the cowpea grows when nitrification is most active, and yet you say that it takes less nitrogen from the air than clover. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The cowpea roots and stubble would contain less nitrogen than the cowpea crop takes from a soil capable of yielding thirty bushels of corn or oats. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, "You may remember, Mr. Thornton, that more soil nitrogen is made available for cowpeas during the summer weather than for clover during the cooler fall and spring?" The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, There is an average of about forty-seven pounds of nitrogen in each ton of cowpea vines. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Where adaptation is equal, the cowpea makes a slightly larger growth of vines for hay, but the soybean gives a much richer lot of seed for use as grain. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement |
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