Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-10
From The american Farmer.
COW PEAS.

6FSTLEMEE,. me through the me-
6..m of your paper, TO communicate TO the az =
gcu tqri,ts of MARYLAND few int resting facts
During recent visit to South Carolina ard
Georgia, my attention was directed to the coio
ga Of hose States as an improving crop for
lar exhausted SOILS.
By IN. most careful inquiry my oppnogtuni-
tes permitted, | aSGertaincd that the plant
,onil grnw with great lururiance upon the
g,orest iaui. learned also tina il had been us ed
Irca siOnaIiy as manure with signal advantage
The results Of 4 serIes OF experiments toy the
iate Hun. Win IN L. wndrs, were very striking
he piaR'ed nh exhausted pine barren 6s,d
meas Charleston, win OFT. aud reaped sepen
bushels TO the ARE. As soon as the oats were
gathered the field was piuughed % aud sown
with COW peas, and thu vines were turned IN
when at thelr rankest growth. The following
summer he reaped fourteen bnshel, Of Gal. per
scr. Arepsnti"u the recess gave HIM tne
next season itesniycighi onshel, OF oats I, the
acre. ant a thiid crop OF pea manuse yielded
owe for bushels.
My informant, an intelligent pantey, srpa.
King rom memorv. CAV fne the above stale
meat, not as being fractIuOally correct, hu; a
substantial! approximation 10 the truth aud the
narrative was subsequently, corroborated by 9TH
rr gentlemen referring to the subject as q
wen known transaction. concerning which 10
precise memoranda were AT hand.
dttsmmed accordingly TO Try the effects Of
this pea at my farm IN iaiapsco neck and d..
rrcted an old field to be pluughed up, which nv
experienced manager, Mir. James Porter, VINO
had pla'ued It once In rye, considered tno
poor TO return us our seed an la6nur il SET
ia wheat, clover crop from il he pronoun-
Ced oui Of the question without heavy manu-.
rug.
lie peas were sown broadcast about the 9Th
VI May at the rate of one bnsheI To tn acre
end narrowed in. For about ten DAYS the
ground was SO dry that thew did not vpgetatp.
Al length slight shower sprouied them, and
about the first of June saw the two first leaves
Coolracled by The heat aud folded upwards like
the wings Of a butterfly the drought being Sc
we're, Al THIS fine however became assured
OF ihe se't'pfeserSing properties OF the pla a.
'or 1t had pierced the earth with a vigorous
nd succ"lent Tap root two inphes lone, and late
rails IN proportion. The season becoming more
prOPiil1us, | as ouished ny friends, from time
," ame, with the exu6erant specimens brought
Lotown
hevlsIlins the farm yesterday, after an alb.
se"ce OF about month at the Springs, inund
4h' piau hme1, with double and lhrea horse
''nS engaged Gather prematurely as | lhlnk}
~ 'uihine the vines into the earth, which they
VAeeted /" hue style but with some trouble
iae oors-s stood in some places, literally
"oh oonS oeer among the vines, aud tho Ia
"ouiefs, 'hongh not ia the best of humour de-
ci'red they had never pioughed 10 a clover
crop which could compare with them IN lnxu.
INIT one vine which brought to town AS a
specimen, and which was not mach above the
%'eiago growth, measured over seven feet IN
r"e'n, 'he nam stem was nearly of the thick.
ness oil mans Ii tie finger, aud had brancbed
I"'o more divisions aud redivl.ons than ca
"a I W count dill covered with broad sobslan.
'ns result seems conclusive ofthe mxuriant
w., ~ "e CO" pea on onr meagte lands.
""o' tue SOL VIII produce thus enriched u still
why conjecture, but shall feel warranted to
''a "'ch CT my poorest land vita COW
10 d can he spared next year from the cur.
~. hu'oapd'y vi the farm. regret no, hn.
20 'eH an tcr u I've Geld pup'an,pd, TINS