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the month of August, which kept the pease constantly 

 in a growing state, in consequence of which the pods did 

 not fill till the frost came on. Had there been dry wea- 

 ther in the months of July and August, the crops would 

 probably have been abundant *. It is now, however, 

 pretty well ascertained, by the experience of Norfolk, 

 that a crop of pease will not succeed, if sown on the 

 same land, above once in ten years. 



Some farmers who find that clean pease will not an- 

 swer, sow pease and beans alternately, with a hand drill, 

 the rows at twenty seven inches distance, so as to admit 

 the horse, and the hand hoe at discretion. Mr Hope of 

 Fenton, finds, that this plan answers better than sowing 

 these crops separately. 



It is surprising that the tenants near Edinburgh have 

 not attempted to raise early pease, an article which sells 

 at so high a price in the Edinburgh market, during the 

 month of July. About twelve years ago a gentleman 

 sowed two acres with white pease, and sold the whole 

 by the middle of July, at L. 35 per acre. Immediately 

 afterwards, he prepared the ground for turnips, which 

 were sown by the end of that month, but unluckily the 

 seed was bad, and the turnip crop almost totally failed. 

 He had no doubt of his making from L. 40 to L. 50 ptr 

 acre of the two crops. 



6. Beans. 

 It would be a very great improvement in husbandry, 



* Observations by Mr Neil Ballingall, in Fife. Mr Hume 

 of East Barns, near Dunbar, remarks, that pease is not worth 

 the raising. They can grow plenty of pease straw any year, 

 but their produce in grain will, in most cases, not pay the 

 erpence of labour. Ought not the early white Norfolk pea 

 to be tried ? 



