CULTURE FOR SEED 65 



clods can be broken down by a disk plow 

 or harrow, the work should be started. 

 The peas are drilled in rows about three 

 feet apart by a two-horse drill, sowing two 

 drills at a time and from eight to fifteen 

 pounds per acre. The acreage which can 

 be sown per day depends upon many 

 things such as the condition of the land 

 and the size of the plot to be planted, but 

 an average of ten acres per day would be 

 about right. The planter is set to place 

 the seeds about one inch deep, this being 

 deep enough for California conditions. 



When the plants are high enough so that 

 the rows may be easily seen, the field is 

 cultivated by a two-horse "riding" culti- 

 vator; and if the weeds have started, the 

 plants are given their first hoeing. Dur- 

 ing the months of February, March, and 

 April, the cultivators are kept going over 

 the field until the meeting of the vines be- 



