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in separate enclosure from corn, where stock can be turned 

 upon whenever desired. 



Peas are often sowed upon the stubble after small grain ig. 

 harvested. Flush up the ground, and sow either broadcast 

 or drill in furrow opened with shovel plow, covering with 

 scooter furrow on each side. Block off or run over lightly 

 with harrow and board attached. Again, they are drilled 

 in every fourth furrow, when turning over the stubble, thfr 

 succeeding furrow covering the peas. When either of thjsse 

 last modes of planting is adopted, the peas should receive 

 One good plowing out when they are from four to six inches) 

 high. 



When planted in corn (the corn should have been drilled 

 in rows five feet apart), they should be step- dropped in a 

 furrow «qiially distant from each corn row, and covered 

 with scooter, with harrow or with block. This should be 

 last of May or in the first ten days of June. The only worfe 

 they receive when planted in corn, is a shovel or sweep 

 furrow run around them when the corn is being " laid by,"' 

 unless there is much grass, when it becomes necessary to 

 give them a light hoeing. The crop might be said to be^ 

 made almost without work when planted with corn ; in fact 

 it. is often so made by those planters who sow peas broad- 

 cast in their corn, and cover them with the last plowing^ 

 given the corn. 



There is much diversity of opinion as to the proper treat- 

 ment of the vines in curing them for winter hay. And aa 

 much has been written upon the subject, the writer feels 

 some diffidence in giving his own views. Suffice it to say^. 

 the great end to be attained is to cure the vines to the ex- 

 tent only of getting rid of a part of the succulent moisture 

 in the vine, without burning up the leaves. When exposed 

 to too much heat, the leaves fall very readily from the stems, 

 and are lost. 



When put up too green and too compactly, thfey heat, and 

 when fermentation of the juices in the vines and unrip© 



