l8o AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. Vll. 



yard. When pease have few or no beans mix- 

 ed with them, they are sometimes laid down on 

 the fields in handfuls, and turned over, more or 

 less frequently, as the weather and other cir- 

 cumstances may require. In this loose and o- 

 pen state they are suffered to remain, till they 

 be completely dried, and then put up in stacks 

 like hay. 



Beans are sometimes allowed to stand uncut, 

 till they are almost quite dried ; the pods grown 

 black, and the foliage withered ; in which case, 

 they are usually lit to be put together in a few 

 days after they are cut down. 



7//?, Produce. Sometimes the produce will 

 be 14, 15, or 1 6 bolls from an acre, the boll 

 the same as of wheat. But such a large encrease, 

 is rare ; the average produce cannot be estimat-' 

 ed above 6 or 7 bolls. The straw, when pro- 

 perly dried, is excellent food for horses, and may 

 be worth from 505. to 4 1. per acre. 



Consumption. So late as 12 or 14 years ago, 

 beans and pease were manufactured into meal in 

 considerable quantities, and this again, either by 

 itself or mixed with barley meal, was made into 

 bread, and very generally used in farmers' fami- 

 lies, as well as by trades people and labourers. 

 But though the practice still continues, much 

 less is now consumed this way than formerly. 

 Besides what is made into meal, a considerable 

 quantity is consumed by horses, hogs, &c. and 

 and a still larger proportion, perhaps, exported. 



