

FEBRUARY. 63 



SHOULD PEASE BE MANURED? 

 It is the practice of some farmers to manure for 

 pease: I must confess that I have been always so 

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

 therefore can only state my reasons for avoiding it. 

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

 layer, they do not want manure. A very ^ood crop 

 maybe gained without it'. I have ha;!, five, and 

 even five quarters and a half an acre, without any 

 manure applied for this crop. Dung makes them 

 run to long straw, and that is not favourable for 

 podding productively. Durg encourages weeds ; 

 find 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 pca^e the case is different. There are 

 very few situations in which the farmer can have 

 such a command of manure as to give him a suffi- 

 iency. It is there-fore of much consequence to 

 him, never to spread a load but where it \\ill be 

 fiure to answer best. Every man complains of a 

 want of dung; how very careful therefore ought all 

 to be, to give it to the crops that will pay best for 

 the expence. 



ROWS OF PEASE. 



The practice of various ' fanners differs exceed- 

 ingly on this point. Eqpi -distant rows from nine 

 to 18 inches are common. I have seen them at two 

 feet, and even at three. In dibbling, it is common 

 in Norfolk and Suffolk, to put in two rows on 



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