broken and prepared, and the corn planted the middle of May with- 

 out fertilizer. The corn, a laro-e Southern variety, was put in with 

 a one-horse drill, in rows -ii feet apart and from 9 to 16 inches apart 

 in the row. This width of row was given to admit plenty of sunshine 

 and air. After the first cultivation and during the first days of eTune, 

 when the corn was about 6 inches high, the peas were planted between 

 the corn and in the same row with the corn, with a hand planter, com- 

 monly used for replanting purposes. The delay in planting the peas 

 is deemed necessary to give the corn a good start ahead of the peas, 

 the latter being of more rapid growth. If the corn rows are straight 

 the peas may be put in more expeditiously with the one-horse drill, if 

 care is taken to keep the same close up to the corn row; the object 

 being to have both crops grow so as to be harvested together with the 

 corn harvester, and bound into bundles, without waste, ready for the 

 wagons. The season was favorable for both corn and peas, the stand 

 was good, and after three cultivations the crop was all that could l^e 

 desired. 1 have seen larger crops of both, when grown separately, 

 but never such a yield of grain and provender of both plants combined 

 and in such perfect condition for harvesting quickly and economically. 

 The corn stood up well, and the peas, confining themselves to the row, 

 grew over much of the field to the base of the corn tassel, fully grown 

 and matured pods being found on the vines 10 feet from the ground. 

 The accompanying cut (Fig. 1), showing a man of ordinary height 

 standing by the stalks, gives a fair idea of the growth of the crop. 

 The harvesting began September 8, when the grain of the corn was 

 beginning to glaze and when three-fourths of the pea pods were ripe, 

 using a corn harvester (with four mules attached) that cut and bound 

 the crop in bundles ready for the silage cutter. Few noxious weeds 

 or grasses could stand under such a growth, so that after a satisfac- 

 tory harvest and a few days of gleaning by the herd of cows 

 the field was ready, without further preparation, for the disk harrow 

 and wheat drill, and is now covered by what promises to be a very 

 good and very cheaply grown crop of wdieat. This land is ordinarily 

 good for a yield of from 40 to 50 bushels of corn and from 18 to 25 

 bushels of wheat ppr acre. From this year's crop a considerable por- 

 tion of the riper grain was pulled from the corn before cutting, for 

 fattening hogs, hence no estimates were made by which the weight of 

 the crop could be indicated, a fact I now regret. Doubtless compara- 

 tive failures of this silage crop will now and then occur, as with all 

 crops, but I am sure, from my own experience of several years, that 

 all good corn-growing seasons will bring paying yields of this combi- 

 nation, grown as above described, and it will meet more fully than 

 anything else of the kind the wants of the Southern silage grower. 



