BOWS OP rAS. 



much against it, that I never did it myself, and 

 therefore can only state my reasons for avoiding it. 

 If land is in heart, and they are put in on a layer, 

 they do not want manure. A very good crop may 

 be gained without it. I have had 5, and even 5 i 

 quarters an acre, without any manure applied for 

 this crop. Dung makes them run to long straw, 

 and that is not favourable for podding productively. 

 Dung encourages weeds ; and pease, except in the 

 early stage of their growth, do not admit of such 

 hoeing as a farmer would wish to give. Beans 

 cannot have too much dung, but with pease the 

 case is different. There are very few situations in 

 which the farmer can have such a command of ma- 

 nure as to give him a sufficiency. It is therefore 

 of much consequence to him, never to spread a load 

 but where it will be sure to answer best. Every 

 man complains of a want of dung; how very care- 

 ful therefore ought all to be, to give it to the crops 

 that will pay best for the cxpence. 

 ROWS OF PEASE. 



The practice of various farmers differs exceed- 

 ingly on this point. Equi-distant rows from C) to 

 IS inches are commmon. I have seen them at 2 

 feet and even at 3. In dibbling, it is common in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk, to put in two rows, on every 

 flag of p or 10 inches breadth; some farmers one 

 row on such a furrow : and I have known very- 

 good crops in most of these distances. If horse- 

 hoeing, or much hand-hoeing, is intended, double 

 rows at Q inches, with intervals of 1 8, do well ; 



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