CHAPTER XI. 

 Grain Growing. 



Peas should be harvested before they are quite Hwresting 

 ripe, as the straw of peas is of exceptional value for 

 feeding to animals, rating next to clover hay, which 

 is the highest in nutritive value of all fodders. The 



56. GRAIN DRILL. 



most satisfactory- implement for harv^esting peas 

 is the "pea harvester" with bunching attachment, 

 which can be attached to any mowing machine 

 (///. jj). The peas should be drawn into the bam 

 soon after being cut, say within one or two days. 

 A shower of rain will do much harm to the straw, 

 and long exposure to the sun will make the straw 

 brittle and unfit for fodder. 



