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Quantity of Feed. — 44 Of the small, early kinds, one pint will sow a row of 
twenty yards; for the larger sorts, for main crops, the same measure will 
sow a row of thirty-three yards.” 
Process in sowing. — 44 For early soits, make the drills one inch and a hall 
deep; and let parallel drills he two feet and a half, three or four feet asun¬ 
der. Peas that are to grow without sticks require the least room. For 
summer crops and large sorts, make the drills two inches deep, and four, five 
or six feet asunder. As to the distances along the drill, distribute the peas 
according to their size, and the season ; the frame, three in the space of an 
inch; the Charltons, Hotspur, and dw T arf marrowfat, two in an inch; the 
Prussian blue, and middle-sized sorts, three in two inches; the large mar¬ 
rowfat and Knight’s, a full inch apart; the moratto, rouncivals, and most 
larger sorts, an inch and a half apart, and the Patagonian, two inches.” 
Soil and situation. —“ The soil should be moderately rich, and the deeper 
and stronger for the lofty growers. Peas are not assisted, but hurt, by unre¬ 
duced dung recently turned in. A fresh, sandy loam, or road-stuff, and a lit¬ 
tle decomposed vegetable matter, is the best manure. The soil for the early 
crops should be very dry, and rendered so, where the ground is moist, by 
mixing sand with the earth of the drills.”— Loudon. 
Armstrong says. 44 A loose and warm soil is most favorable to this vege¬ 
table, which, by the way, is neither improved in quality nor quantity by 
stable manure. The soil of Clichy, and of Point de Jour des Colombe, &c., 
in the neighborhood of Paris, is a pure sand, principally devoted to pea crops, 
and yielding these most abundantly without the application of dung, new or 
old.” 
Subsequent culture.— 44 As the plants rise from half an inch high to two or 
three inches, begin to draw earth to the stems, doing this when the ground is 
in a dry state, and earthing gradually higher as the stems ascend. At the 
same time, with the hoe, loosen the ground between the young plants, and 
cut down rising weeds. Early crops should be protected during hard frosts 
by dry straw, or other light litter, laid upon sticks or brush wood ; but re¬ 
move the covering as soon as the weather turns mild. If, in April, May, 
and the course of Ihe summer, dry weather occurs, watering will be neces¬ 
sary, especially to plants in blossom, and swelling the fruit; and this trouble 
will be repaid in the produce. Rows partly cut off may be made up by 
transplanting. In dry weather, water, and in hot weather, shade, until the 
plants strike. All peas fruit better for sticking, and continue longer produc¬ 
tive, especially the larger sorts. Stick the plants, when from six to twelve 
inches high, as soon as they begin to vine. Provide branchy sticks of such 
a height as the sort will require ; for the frame and Leadman’s dwarf, three 
feet high ; for the Charlton and middle-sized, four or five feet; for the mar¬ 
rowfat and larger kinds, six or eight feet ; for the rouncival, and for Knight’s 
marrow-pea, nine or ten feet. Place a row of sticks to each line of peas, on 
