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FERTILIZING FOR PEAS. 
F. A. 11., Xiantic, Conn. — I was interested 
in tlie article on page 107, “Fertilizer for 
Garden Peas.” Mr. Massey in his reply, 
says: On potatoes I use 10 per cent potash, 
while on most crops from three to five per 
cent is enough.” How much per acre would 
he use of a three to five per cent potash 
fertilizer? I expect to plant peas on land 
where potatoes were planted last year. Sta¬ 
ple manure was plowed in and one-half ton 
per acre of a 2%-9-6, fertilizer used in the 
drills. 1 usually plow under manure for 
peas, and then use tine horse-stable manure 
in the drills. Is this a good way? If the 
nitrate of soda is used, how much to a hun¬ 
dred l'eet of row? Would there be any ben¬ 
efit in an application of basic slag? In sow¬ 
ing oats to cut green for fodder would you 
advise the use of basic slag? 
Ans. —On most garden crops that are 
produced above ground, that is, crops 
like lettuce and cabbages, which want a 
green leaf development. I want mainly 
nitrogen and phosphoric acid. With 
peas the case is rather different. We 
want a fair development of tops,, but 
we also want mainly the starch develop¬ 
ment that is favored by the presence of 
phosphoric acid and potash. Root crops 
I have always found to need the most 
potash, and I use on potatoes 10 per 
cent of potash in large applications. 
The mixture for peas which I have ad¬ 
vised I would make to use 400 to 500 
pounds per 'acre, making it largely 
potash and phosphoric acid and only a 
moderate amount of nitrogen. Ten per 
cent of potash is none too much on 
sandy soils for peas. Fite per cent or 
less is enough for cabbages, lettuce, etc. 
The mixture you name for potatoes will 
do very well in your section, but in 
growing early potatoes in the south for 
the northern markets we use more nitro¬ 
gen, as the crop is made between Feb¬ 
ruary and June, when the natural nitri¬ 
fication is not as active as in warmer 
weather. I prefer not to use manure 
for peas, as it makes vine rather than 
peas, and on land of good fertility I 
would use only acid phosphate and 
muriate of potash. I have advised a 
small amount of nitrate of soda merely 
to start the early growth, simply 50 
pounds per acre. Basic slag might have 
a bad effect on the cooking quality of 
the garden peas, as the lime in it might 
affect this, lime generally making peas 
hard to boil. Basic slag will be an ex¬ 
cellent application for oats to be cut 
for hay if accompanied with a fair ap¬ 
plication of nitrate of soda. I would 
not mix basic slag with organic nitro¬ 
gen material, but the lime will not have 
any bad effect on the nitrate. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
The Rosney Pear. 
A. R. 11., Michigan. —How valuable is the 
Rosney pear, as a commercial variety, where 
it lias been fruited, and what are its de¬ 
fects? 
Ans. —The Rosney pear is not of good 
enough quality to make it popular in the 
market, and I do not think it would 
pay to plant it. Wilder is a much better 
early pear, and bears well, too. Made¬ 
leine is another early pear of good 
quality. A little later Tyson comes in, 
and Clapp about the same season. All 
of these varieties are better than Rosney. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Peas, Lime and Alfalfa. 
R., Maple City, Ohio .—Will the growing 
of ordinary peas, for a canning factory, in¬ 
oculate soil with the bacteria necessary for 
Alfalfa seeding? Would it be a benefit for 
Medium Red clover seeding? What variety 
of pea would be best to seed with oats to 
cut in the milk and cure for hay? What 
amount of seed each, per acre, would you 
advise? Locality Northern Ohio, 20 miles 
south of Lake Erie. Would a ton to an acre 
of agricultural lime be of much value disked 
in for factory peas, soil clay loam? 
Ans. —No. The bacteria which work 
on the pea roots are different from 
those on Alfalfa or Red clover. Peas 
leave the soil richer in nitrogen and 
help supply humus, but they do not in¬ 
oculate it for Alfalfa. The Canada field 
pea is seeded with oats for green fod¬ 
der or hay. We use five pecks of peas 
and four bushels of oats per acre, and 
have often told how the {teas arc plowed 
under and the oats harrowed in above 
them. It will depend upon the soil 
whether lime will help it. We believe 
most soils long under cultivation need 
lime, but it will not take the place of 
manure or a complete fertilizer. 
A Succession of Manurial Crops. 
M. IT. C., Maine, X. Y. —I have a piece 
of hardpan land ; it lacks humus. I wish to 
plow it and sow some crop or crops to turn 
under, I wish to fill the soil full of humus 
to bold the moisture, buckwheat, vetch, cow 
peas or some other crops. Which would you 
advise ? 
Ans. —If you want to spend the entire 
season growing manurial crops there 
are several rotations possible. You can 
start with Canada field peas as early 
as you can work the ground. In June 
these are plowed under and either of 
the following seeded: Buckwheat or 
Japanese millet, broadcast, Crimson 
clover and Cow-horn turnips, or cow 
peas in drills. The buckwheat or mil¬ 
let can be plowed under in September 
with rye seeded after them. If the 
Crimson clover and turnips make a 
good growth they can be left until 
Spring. The cow peas are plowed 
under in September with rye follow¬ 
ing. In New Jersey we should use 
Crimson clover and turnips or buck¬ 
wheat with Crimson clover. If the 
clover comes up well with the buck¬ 
wheat we would clip the buckwheat in 
September, leave it on the ground and 
let the clover come up through it. We 
do not believe either Crimson clover or 
cow peas will do well in your country 
and advise Canada peas, buckwheat and 
rye in succession. 
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