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Crops for Pickling and Preserving. 
same type, as well as the Tall Mammoth, which has proved itself 
very productive. Many other varieties might be mentioned ; but 
after considerable experience I find those named to be among 
the most reliable varieties as main croppers. Short-strawed 
varieties should never be grown on weedy land. 
Peas grown as a main-crop require richer soil than the earlier 
sorts, and the land should, therefore, be got into good heart by 
manuring, the dung having been put on in time to be well worked- 
into the soil. Although in market-gardens they often follow a 
crop of winter greens, which necessitates the land being freshly 
stirred, it is generally admitted that peas do best on a stale tilth. 
A well-prepared tilth is required, and this must be in readiness for 
drilling by the beginning of April ; it is not necessary to put the 
peas in before then, whilst, by waiting, the risk from frost is 
avoided. In field-culture, from 3 to 4 bushels of peas are drilled 
per acre, and they are sown in rows from 1 to 2 feet apart. 
Occasionally they are dibbled, about three or four peas being 
dropped into each hole, and the holes placed a foot or more 
apart, when, of course, less seed is required. In field-culture 
no supports are used, the expense of sticking being thereby 
avoided. The crop is thoroughly hoed as long as hoeing is 
practicable. In June and July the picking for preserving takes 
place. Only young peas are preserved, as they turn out best, 
and are more like fresh ones when they are afterwards cooked. 
The later pods rarely contain so many peas as the earlier. 
From what has been said it will be understood that the averasre 
yield is rather difficult to ascertain ; but 150 bushels of pods per 
acre may be considei'ed a fair crop. This year, indeed, I saw a 
crop of Yorkshire Hero peas from which 300 bushels per acre 
were gathered, whilst there would most likely be from H to 2 
qrs. of seed left in the haulm. The price of pods would, pro- 
bably, be about 2s. per bushel, and this quantity might shell 
out ^ a peck or more of peas, according to the variety, season, 
and time of year. 
W. J. Maldex. 
FOOT-ROT IN SHEEP. 
At several recent meetings of the Council of the Society reference 
lias been made to the familiar and troublesome complaint termed 
Foot-rot in Sheep. So far as is known, the disease has never 
yet been associated with the presence of any specific micro- 
