FARM CROPS 3 J 



should not be given to cows just before milking, 

 or its strong odour will taint the milk. 



Peas and Beans. — Peas are a very 

 erratic crop as regards yield, and require 

 light loams with plenty of lime in them. Both 

 peas and beans are usually grown instead of 

 clover in the rotation, as they are leguminous 

 crops. About 3 bushels per acre are drilled 

 at the end of February and about 34 bushels 

 is an average yield. Beans require heavy 

 soils and, like peas, are very uncertain in 

 their yield. They are sown in February, but 

 there is a winter variety that may be sown in 

 October ; 4 bushels is the usual quantity to 

 sow, and the yield may be about 4 quarters. 

 Both peas and beans are excellent cleaning 

 crops, as they smother out weeds. Farmyard 

 manure should not be applied to either crop, 

 but peas should get 4 cwt. of super and beans 

 6 cwt., and both may get, say, 2 cwt. of a potassic 

 manure. 



In deciding on the crops to be grown on 

 each particular field the future requirements of 

 the stock must be kept well in mind. It is 

 advisable to calculate roughly beforehand what 

 amount of food will be required during each 



