FEBRUARY. 81 



which character has in some measure been owing 

 to ill conduct. 



PEASE ON LAYERS. 



The white hoiling pea, of many sorts and under 

 various names, is more tender than the greys, and 

 various kinds of hog pease ; but I have many times 

 put them iiito the ground in February, and though 

 very smart frosts follow -d, they received no injury. 

 I have uniformly found, that the earlier they were 

 sown the better. There is al^o a particular motive 

 for being as early as possible ; uhich is, to get 

 them off in time for turnips. This is most pro- 

 fitable husbandry, and should not be neglected. 

 If they are sown in this month, and a right sort 

 chosen, they will be off the land in June, so that 

 turnips may follow, at the common time of sowing 

 that crop. All the sorts of early pease should be 

 cultivated on dry soils only. They will grow on 

 moist, and even wet ones, but the crop is seldom 

 beneficial. Upon sands, dry sandy loams, gravels 

 and chalks, they succeed well. They are not, 

 however, to be much recommended on land in 

 tilth. Great success is rarely commanded, espe- 

 cially in a wet season, if they be not on a layer. 



The following courses do well for them: 



1 . Turnips, 6. Cnrrots, 



2. Barley, 7. Barley 



3. Clover, 8. Clover, 



4. Pease and turnips, Q. Wheat. 



5. Barley, 



G Also, 



