DRY-LAND CROPS 



rich, black soils produce too much leaf at 

 the expense of the pod. Wet lands are 

 wholly unsuited to the growth of peas. 



Peas may be planted either on spring- 

 or fall-plowed land. Usually, fall plow- 

 ing gives the best results. The soil should 

 be fine and mellow at the time of seeding. 

 Canadian Field Peas should be one of 

 the first farm crops sown in the spring. 

 It is customary to sow with a drill at the 

 rate of from 60 to 100 pounds of seed 

 per acre. 



Peas should be cut when the grain is 

 hard in the pods and before the pods 

 have dried sufficiently to crack open. 

 Until a few years ago peas had to be cut 

 with the scythe, making the crop hard 

 and dear to handle. But the introduction 

 of the pea harvester attachment to the 

 ordinary mower has made it possible to 

 handle the crop more cheaply and with 

 much greater ease. Three men and one 

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