regions the pea-weevil is a serious pest. The larva eats out a hole 

 in the seed, reducing its food value and interfering with germination. 

 To destroy the weevil, place the seeds in an air-tight receptacle 

 (garbage can will do for small amounts) and treat with carbon 

 bisulphide. Allow about three pounds of the bisulphide for 1000 

 cubic feet of space. Place the liquid in pans on the top of the seed 

 and it will volatilize, the gas penetrating downward as it is heavier 

 than air. Leave for about twenty-four hours and spread the seed 

 out or admit plenty of fresh air. Be careful with fire. 



Field peas may be broadcasted or drilled alone, or sown with a 

 cereal crop, preferably oats or rye. Drilling insures more even and 

 certain germination. On heavy soils sow to a depth of from two 

 inches to as much as four inches on the lighter soils. A disk drill 

 having a revolving cup type of feed is to be preferred as less of the 

 seed is crushed. Stop up the holes so as to plant in double rows, 

 sixteen inches apart. Where cultivation is necessary for the con- 

 servation of moisture the row^ should be placed at a greater distance. 

 Fair success can be obtained by broadcasting on fallowed land or on 

 land that has been previously in a hoed crop and disking or plowing- 

 under the seed lightly. The rate of seeding varies according to the 

 method and locality where the crop is to be grown and whether it 

 is to be sown alone or with a cereal. If alone, one and a half bushels 

 is required for the small-seeded varieties to three bushels for the 

 large-seeded ones. In humid regions one bushel of peas and two 

 bushels of oats is the most satisfactory for the production of hay, while 

 in dry regions two bushels of peas and one of oats have proved the 

 most successful. For seed purposes the amount should be consider- 

 ably less, namely, one bushel of peas to twenty pounds of oats which 

 are mixed before seeding. 



The best time to cut for hay is when the plants have the first pods 

 well grown but not matured and the vines still blossoming. This 

 will result in the largest amount of protein and the highest yield. 

 When grown for hay it is nearly always advantageous to sow the 

 peas with oats or rye. This has a tendency to maintain the vines 

 erect and will make mowing and curing easier. A distinct advantage 

 is to have an attachment to the mower known as a pea harvester 

 which consists of guards which lift up the peas and permits the cutter 

 bar free passage. It costs from $12 to $15. Ten tons or more of 

 green fodder or about three tons of hay per acre may be expected on 

 good land. Sheep, particularly lambs, will increase in weight rapidly 

 if allowed to pasture the crop when mature. A good crop of peas 

 will fatten from ten to fifteen lambs per acre, the lambs gaming about 



