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cool, moist soil. A very rich soil tends to make 

 the crop run to vines and leaves, so that a light 

 soil is necessary, particularly where the crop 

 is to be an early one. Peas should be early or 

 late, because they hke cool weather, and are 

 apt to mildew if carried over into hot simamer 

 days. The fall crop may be planted early in 

 August even in the Northern States. The 

 plants should be from three to four inches apart 

 in the rows. It takes a pint of seed, of the small 

 varieties, for 100 to 125 feet of row, or one to 

 two bushels to an acre. Where peas are grown 

 in large quantities in a field, for canning, the 

 seeds are sown broadcast and then it requires 

 from two to three bushels to an acre. For 

 early crops the dwarf varieties are preferred as 

 they mature so quickly, and the tall, chmbing 

 varieties are planted for late crops. Planting 

 and tillage for both kinds are the same. Peas 

 should be planted in double rows only six or 

 eight inches apart, so that the one row of sup- 

 ports, either brush or chicken-wire, preferably 

 wire, may serve both rows in tall peas, while 

 the dwarf plants support each other. Between 

 each two pairs of rows the space should be wide 

 enough to admit of tillage. 



Very few farmers understand the value of 

 peas to the soil or as stock feed. This is es- 



