Cultivation of Arable Lattd-~Pea$--nrtllin-g-~-Dit&amp;gt;bling 



attached to the handle. It may be conveniently employed with one or two 



horfes. 



The proper diftance of drilling this kind of crop is moftly in equi-diftant rows 



at about twelve or fixtecn inches for hand-hoeing ; but where the horfe-hoe is 



employed, from two to three feet ; and the depth to which the feed is depofited, 



from two to three inches. 



In Norfolk they never drill peafeat a greater diftancc than nine inches. When 



they are dibbled they plant two rows on a flag, fo that they cannot be above four 



inches from each other. 



In feme diftricts the feed is put by the hand into drills moftly made crofT- 

 ways of the ridges, but occafionally in the direction of them, at the diftance of 

 about fifteen inches from each other, and afterwards covered in by means of 

 hoes. In fome inftances alfo, a bum-harrow is drawn over the furface, by which 

 the land is rendered fmooth and even.* 



Where this fort of crop is cultivated on a ley preparation, the beft method is 

 probably, to dibble the feed in. This is the practice conftantly followed by the 

 beft cultivators in fome diftricts. -j- In fome of the fouthern diftricls this 

 is done in two rows on every flag of nine or ten inches in breadth, and fometimes 

 only in one row in the fame fpace. Where horfe-hoeing is practifed or much 

 hand-hoeing to be given, double rows at nine inches with eighteen inches intervals 

 anfwer very Well, in Mr. Young s opinion, but thegreateft crops he has feen have 

 been from planting every flag. 



Though the practice of fteeping this fort of feed is feldom had recourfe to by 

 the cultivators of peas, it is probable that the later fown crops may be greatly 

 benefited by it, as the vegetation of the plants may be rendered more quick, regu~ 

 lar, and uniform. 



It is the cuftom in Hertfordfhire, and fome other dift rifts, to fow beans, or 

 even oats, fometimes with the peas, with a view of keeping them up. Thefe mix 

 tures are, however, practices that can never be adopted with advantage, as the 

 different crops, from their being of unequal growth, muft conftantly be liable to 

 injure each other. 



After-culture. The ufe of the hoe in ftirring the intervals, and earthing up 

 the young plants where the crop is put-in in rows by the drill or dibble, is of 

 cffential advantage in promoting their growth, and protecting them from the in 

 juries of the feafon. Where the horfe hoe is made ufe of, the firft operation may 



* Correded Report of Middlefex, p. 19*. + Corrected Report of Suffolk, 



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