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I was induced, by a practical conviction, to gratify a de- 
sire to show, that the object is most profitably and 
promptly attainable, by a course of husbandry which 
ameliorates, instead of exhausting, the soil. 
RicuarpD PETERS. 
Dr. James Meast. 
Secretary of the Agric. Soc. Philad. 
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The Field-Pea. 
There is a very general mistake, in this part of the 
country, respecting the culture of the field-pea. It is 
supposed to require much labour, and it is conceived 
that they must be sown in drills, and stuck. True it is 
that, like beans, when sowed in drills, and hoed, they pro- 
duce more abundantly; and so will any plant. But there 
is no more expence, or labour, in the usual mode of cul- 
tivation, than with oats. They are sown in broadcast ; 
and harrowed in, in the direction of the furrows. When 
ripe they are cut with the scythe, or that and the cradle, 
if they stand up well; raked up when dry, and stacked, 
or housed. They are threshed in the common way; and 
cleaned in the common fan, nothing is equal to them 
for rotting a sod; and in Europe they are often sown 
on a ley, with one ploughing; for the purpose of rotting 
it, as well as for the crop. They delight in light soils, 
the most; but will grow in others. They are as certain 
a crop, as the grains in common use. Pease often fail, 
as do other crops. But when appearances are against 
