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3. That two crops can be produced on the same ground in one 

 year, whereas it requires two years for clover to give a hay crop 

 and good aftermath for turning under. In this time four crops of 

 peas can be made. 



4. That the pea feeds but lightly upon, and hence leaves largely 

 in the soil those particular elements necessary to a succeeding grain 

 crop, and the pea lay, in its decay, puts back largely into the soil 

 those very elements required for a vigorous growth of the cereals. 



5. There is no crop which is its equal for leaving the soil in the 

 very best condition for a succeeding wheat crop. 



6. It is the only crop raised in the South so rapid in its growth 

 and perfection as to be made an intervening manurial crop between 

 grain cut in the spring and grain sowed in the fall upon the same 

 ground. And this alone makes the pea invaluable to Southern 

 agriculture. 



7. In our particular latitude it flourishes equally with clover, and 

 with two such renovators of the soil (aside from their value as food 

 crops), no portion of the earth is equally blessed. North of us the 

 pea does not succeed ; South, the clover fails. 



8. Its adaptability to other crops, producing in the space between 

 our corn rows both a provision and a fertilizing crop, with positive 

 benefit to the growing corn. 



9. The aid it gives in producing cheap beef, pork, milk and 

 butter. Without the pea pork could not be produced cheaply where 

 it costs so much to make corn. 



10. A doubled capacity for wintering stock, and with this a doubly 

 enlarged manure heap. 



11. The large plantations of the South can only be restored by 

 green crops turned under, united to a judicious system of rotation 

 looking to feeding the soil. This must be aided by all the manure 

 manufactured on the plantation. 



12. The large addition made to humus, upon which the tilth, as 

 well as capacity of the soil for retaining moisture, so greatly de- 

 pends. 



As for the cultivation of the pea, one can scarcely go amiss. 

 When two crops are intended for renovating, break the land, sow 

 broadcast and harrow in; or drill in rows three feet apart, and plow 



