THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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PEAS. 



We have received from Mr. Henry Clarke, 

 for public distribution) a parcel of peas which 

 according to his statement are worthy of atten- 

 tion. He calls them Clay peas, but assures us 

 that they will grow in any kind of soil. He 

 says the pods are from eighteen to thirty-four 

 inches long, and that if they are gathered when 

 they are about twelve inches in length and 

 served up like asparagus, that they are a capital 

 substitute for that delightful vegetable. They 

 require to be trained on a pole like butter beans. 



We have also received from Mr. Haxall a 

 paper of peas called the Rocky Mountain pea, 

 concerning which he has been furnished with 

 the following statement : 



" In calling the public attention to these peas, 

 I am well aware of how often our citizens have 

 found themselves deceived by ardent descriptions 

 on the one hand, or dreamy promises of profit 

 on the other. These peas, however, will answer 



any reasonable expectation. I planted five 



j quarts of them about the 20th of May, in a 

 piece of rough new ground, of sandy soil, and 

 only middling in qualit}'. The product in peas 



j and in rich good hay, exceeded anything I have 



! ever seen. Whether we wish to save them as 

 hay for cows, horses or mules, or to turn stock 

 upon them, as upon cow peas, or to improve the 

 land by their decay, they are, in my opinion, far 

 better than any common pea. To instance only 



\ one thing : I planted them along side of the red 

 cow pea ; a dry spell in August arrested the 

 farther product of the common pea, the vines 

 were leafless and dead : whilst the Rocky Moun- 



! tain pea was green and flourishing, and bearing 

 peas in an increased proportion, until the severe 

 while frost the last day in October. They grow 

 more like a cotton plant ; do not entwine about 

 the corn, and consequently may be saved with 

 ease for hay. They should be planted by the 

 first of May, in good land, and not more than 



ifour in a hill; plant them as you would the 

 common pea. They come up quickly, grow 



I rapidly, and commence bearing as soon as the 

 common kind. L. Pierce." 



COMPOUND HARROWS. 



The harrow, when properly used, is a most 

 valuable implement, and amongst the many va- 

 rieties Mr. Pedder, the former distinguished 

 Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet, gives us the 

 following account of the one represented in the 

 cut : 



" These harrows are in general use in some 

 of the agricultural districts in England, where 

 they are highly approved. They are simple in 

 their construction, and very durable. The usual 

 size of each is three feet square ; thus the three 



harrows cover a five turn ridge at wheat sowing, 

 the horses passing along the open furrow on 

 each side, by which the treading of the seeded 

 land is prevented. The joints of the harrows 

 permit them to operate on a concave,- convex, or 

 plain surface, with equal correctness, making 

 better work than is possible with those of a dif- 

 ferent construction. If at any time an extra 

 weight should be thought desirable, a piece of 

 wood the length of the width of the harrows 

 might be made fast across them by which their 

 efficacy would be much increased. By un- 

 screwing the nuts, a pair, or one, or three single 



