Sweet Peas 



it often has had no rain for months, it comes up 

 in great rough blocks. Manure is not applied, 

 as the natural fertility of the soil is great and 

 carries crops to perfection without dung or 

 artificial manure. Rain and weather gradually 

 act on the ploughed land, and by November it 



TEN ACRES OP "WHITE SPENCER" FOR SEED IN CALIFORNIA. 



is worked down into fine friable condition. Sowing 

 is done during November and December it must 

 be completed by Christmas if satisfactory yields 

 are to be expected. The seed is sown by seed- 

 drilling machines in rows three feet apart, and 

 from eight to ten pounds of seed is required 

 to sow an acre. After germination, the ground 



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