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sowing ; peas sowed about the first of May ; no manure ever put 

 upon the land ; harvested about the 20th August, and threshed im- 

 mediately. Yield, fifty-five bushels. 



One day and one-fourth, plowing, 12s $1 88 



Half a day dragging before and after sowing, 75 



Sowing, 



Harvesting, getting in, threshing, 1 50 



Three and a half bushels seed, 4s 1 



$6 13 



Fifty-five bushels peas at 4s $27 50 



Deduct expenses, 6 13 



Profits,., $21 37 



NICHOLAS BOST. 



My crop of peas was raised as follows : — I plowed my land deep 

 last fall, harrowed this spring. On the 15th ard 16th days of May 

 last I sowed ten bushels of the large French pea on three acres of 

 ground, plowed them across the furrows without harrowing. By these 

 means the peas remain covered. The rough furrow prevents the 

 vines from falling flat, and keeps them irom moulding and rotting be- 

 fore the peas are ripe ; and by these means I have raised a beautiful 

 large white pea. I measured one acre, and measured off of that acre 

 thirty- seven bushels and three quarts of peas which is but an average 

 yield of the three acres aboye mentioned. 



Hastings, Sept. 15, 1845. 



