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Preparation of soil, and manuring 
Oats-and-peas are usually grown on .land on 
which a cultivated crop has immediately preceded, 
although good crops may be obtained on sod land 
if it has been plowed in the fall or very early 
spring and deeply cultivated. The land should be 
well and deeply prepared, in order to furnish a 
deep seed-bed for the peas. The areas best suited 
to the crop are cool, moist lands. When the 
weather is cool and moist, the season is much 
more favorable than when hot and dry. 
This crop responds very favorably to applica- 
tions of yard manures. In fact, there is no other 
manure that will so well or so completely meet the 
requirements; the organic matter contained in it 
aids materially in the development of the soil bac- 
teria, and the soluble nitrogenous and mineral salts 
feed the plants abundantly in the early stages of 
growth. The manures should be broadeasted at 
the rate of eight to ten tons per acre after plowing, 
and thoroughly harrowed into the soil. When a 
smaller quantity of manure must be used, it may 
be fortified by an application of a good fertilizer 
mixture whose constituents have been derived from 
good sources and containing 
INUETO BOM <4, Sar ei ues Ge ah Se: ee 4 per cent 
Phosphoric acid (available) ...... 6 per cent 
Ota shi) sy citac® ee Be Gen eo hea ee aed, ae Se 6 per cent 
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