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that on firm soils where there is usually ample rain- 

 fall it is not necessary to sow peas so deeply. 



When peas are sown to furnish food for swine, 

 the method is no way different from that of growing 

 them for the grain. Not less than two bushels of 

 the seed of the small varieties should be sown per 

 acre, and not more than three and one-half bushels 

 of the large varieties. All things considered, the 

 small varieties are to be preferred. The aim should 

 be to sow the peas with the drill, and as in sowing 

 them for sheep pasture, to bury them deeply. Of 

 course they can be broadcasted and plowed under, 

 but the same objections will apply as when peas are 

 sown thus to provide sheep pasture. Peas should 

 never be broadcasted and covered simply with the 

 harrow, except on sod land, the narrow furrow slices 

 of which are laid up as described in the preceding 

 section, or, in other words, as sod furrows are usu- 

 ally turned over by Ontario plowmen. But it may 

 be admissible sometimes to disk in peas on properly 

 prepared land. When covered with the harrow some 

 of the seed remains unburied, and if dry weather 

 should follow, the peas will suffer much more than if 

 they had been buried deeply. This one factor alone 

 may make the difference between success and failure. 



Peas sown for the grain they will produce, for 

 sheep pasture and for swine forage, had better be 

 sown as early as the land can be worked nicely in the 

 spring. But for the two purposes last named, there 

 may be good reasons for sowing them later, and as 

 a rule the roller should follow the seed drill. 



Cultivating. — The only cultivation required by 

 peas sown for sheep pasture or for swine forage is 

 a thorough harrowing. This should be given to 



