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Excerpt from The Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Indicus) Its Improvement, Culture and Utilization in Hawaii Since the establishment of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station in 1901, which marks the first systematized effort to investi gate scientifically the possibilities of diversified agriculture in Hawaii, more than 100 species and many hundreds of varieties of leguminous field crops have been grown for comparison at the central station in Honolulu, island of Oahu, and at the several substations on the other islands of the Territory of Hawaii. Among these crops the pigeon pea was first grown between the-years 1906 and 1908 (11, p. 21; 12) 3 The variety known at the station as No. 218 (fig. Although badly mixed in type, made an ex'ceptionally vigorous vege tatiye growth by the time it began to flower and to set pods, and an unusually heavy yield of seed when the pods matured as com pared with the numerous other legumes under test. (fig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Indicus): Its Culture and Utilization in Hawaii It is the hardiest legu'me of all I have tried at Haiku. It maintains itself for years, and no insects have seriously bothered it so far. It does not start well when planted in winter, but November plantings loiter along and grow vigorously at the coming of warm weather. Its chief drawback is its size. With special care and arrangements, plowing one-half acre a 'day, I have turned it under fairly well when four years old, using a disk plow and four large mules. In three months' time the plants had rotted so that it gave no trouble in replowing and fitting the land in good shape. The best com I ever grew followed these peas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.