132 On TVild Garlick, 



I was induced, by a practical conviction, to gratify a de- 

 sire to show, that the object is most profitably and 

 promptly attainable, by a course of husbandry which 

 ameliorates, instead of exhausting, the soil. 



Richard Peters. 



Dr. James Mease. 



Secretary of the Agric. Soc. PhUad^ 



The Field-Pea. 



There is a very general mistake, in this part of the 

 country, respecting the culture of the jield-pea. It is 

 supposed to require much labour, and it is conceived 

 that they must be sown in drills, and stuck. True it is 

 that, like beans ^ when sowed in drills, and hoed, they pro» 

 duce more abundantly ; and so will any plant. But there 

 is no more expence, or labour, in the usual mode of cul- 

 tivation, than with oats. They are sown in broadcast ; 

 and harrowed in, in the direction of the furrows. When 

 ripe they are cut with the scythe, or that and the cradle, 

 if they stand up well ; raked up when dry, and stacked, 

 or housed. They are threshed in the common way ; and 

 cleaned in the common fan, nothing is equal to them 

 for rotting a sod ; and in Europe they are often sown 

 on a ley, with one ploughing; for the purpose of rotting 

 it, as well as for the crop. They delight in light soils, 

 the most ; but will grow in others. They are as certain 

 a crop, as the grains in common use. Pease often fail, 

 as do other crops. But when appearances are against 



