

126 PEASE. [MARCH. 



quantity. Once harrowing after sowing is suffi- 

 cient. 



PEASE. 



This month is the proper season for sowing 

 sorts of pease, that were not sown in February 

 nor is it proper to delay any of them later, if tl 

 weather now suits. White pease should be sown 

 last, and on light land ; for they do not succeed 

 well on heavy or wet clays. There are scarcely any 

 soils that do not suit some pea or other. Stiff 

 clays do very \vell for the hardier hog-pease, 

 and all lighter loams, gravels, chalks, and sands, 

 answer well for the tenderer kinds. In common 

 management they are sometimes ploughed, and at 

 other times harrowed in ; which variation often 

 makes a difference in the crop ; for, if the land is 

 apt to bind with rain, and the pease are ploughed 

 in, they sometimes do not rise at all, not having 

 strength to pierce the plastered surface. But this 

 evil attends the very binding soils only with late 

 sowing. On the contrary, when the seed is only 

 harrowed in, if the iield is not very well watched, 

 the pigeons and birds will carry away much of it, 

 and for that some allowance should be made. If 

 land breaks well with the harrow, it is best to har- 

 row in on all but the very lightest lands. But on 

 loose sands, or very light and porous soils, or those 

 that are extremely dry, it must certainly be prefer* 

 able to plough in, on account of having a greater 

 depth, and of being further from the sun, which is 

 apt, in hot summers, to burn these soils. 



Pease 



