172 FARM APPLIANCES. 



SUBSTITUTE FOR PEA BRUSH. 



The best substitute for pea brush is a trellis of galvan- 

 ized iron wire. The peas are sown in double rows, six 

 inches apart. A post, six inches in diameter, is set firmly 

 at each end of the row ; it may be round, set three feet 

 in the ground, and of a hight suited to the variety of pea. 

 As soon as the vines are large enough, the wire is made 

 fast to the post, about six inches from the ground, carried 

 to and passed around the post at the other end, and back 

 to the starting point. Here it is made fast; it may be cut 

 off, but still better, two or three turns are taken around 

 the post and another double wire stretched about eight 

 inches above the first, and so on until as many wires as 

 needed are put in place. No. 18 wire, which measures 

 150 feet to the pound, is suitable. If over 200 feet long, 

 a similar post should be set mid-way of the row. Stakes 

 (plasterers' laths will answer) are set every ten or fifteen 

 feet along the row, to keep the wires from sagging. 

 These have notches cut in them, in which the wires rest ; 

 or the wires may be attached to them by means of staples 

 or cord. When no longer needed, the wire is wound up 

 on a reel, and, with the posts, stored away for another 

 year. Pea-growers for market allow the vines to lie upon 

 the ground, and claim that the crop is not enough larger 

 when brushed, to pay the cost of cutting and placing the 

 sticks. In the garden, neatness, and especially the 

 greater ease of picking, make it necessary to use brush, 

 or a substitute. The chief precaution to be observed is, 

 to have the wires of this trellis so near together that the 

 vines can reach them as soon as a support is needed. 



TRELLIS FOE TOMATOES. 



A tomato trellis, which never fails to give satisfaction, 

 is shown in figures 202 and 203. The standards or legs 



