Show r 11 ft HOGS 11 f v I 1 at lii r tf T I 1 niu am an 0 old 4 1 d it I 1 r lir 94 za ii 2 nad d live liv f rt from r t I 1 liv I 1 v 11 I 1 no 13 1 I i I 1 i I 1 I 1 11 rol rii i year a 1 i 11 t i ir i 1 r ahr 1 r I cl 1 wl wa the t arop aroi I 1 nive i 1 i lini h d in 15 1 i of r i i A ami I 1 I 1 i 11 h lit t it or of the piece tr inno m 1 1 I 1 bushels par acro ao 70 T rest ot oi I 1 11 tod fed out without w 1 to UK the axi in n pr evion yen years I 1 used tip t n get vt I 1 nun to 8 ln per acre I 1 kino I 1 uvo silt 11 lincea of 1 11 1 8 with my illy neighbors 3 beld as aih I 1 ili ts is ai 4 j per nero this year the aliu peas icci that th t were sown aft or cr the corn wa wn alan tek I 1 arlit I 1 ont ill H J I ell rup C 1 aly i own peas bivs are generally gener illy the bet be t iii gnp bill thi this i avar kir wp we hall had extreme lie lipat at jit iia as the livai acin were in in blossom bla anti they got it blighted or ir mil dewed I 1 think where there ii i a i warines wi than t wu wil hive have iu in southern sont heru minnesota tho the proper to KOT peas be beabout about I 1 ast 1st st to botho tho irth of thero there ii N then no danger of them being killed try ly frost crest I 1 intend to sov BOW 2 21 i acres tf peas the coming seison season the pea dipti strow straw makes extra e tarn good bedi ain ug for si gwng lio s it their coit shine rus ps p s if they were fitted tip for chow art ani honors I 1 always sow aly beas in spring as soon as the 91 ground is pt fit to cultivate then they ire aro ripe in ili timo time to 11 have av e th them ein cut and ami stacked stacked before the wheat and hatm godts fire ara ril ripe e tibey lien auppl of fecil until the now corn is ripe in estead of trying tring to cut a few cornstalks corn stAlks talks or jerk off a little green corn to keep piggy piggy alive I 1 always plow the ground in ili spring and sow sov them thein with it a broadcast seeder letting the shovels run rather deep and if they are not covet ed enough I 1 go over them once more mth the seeder I 1 rieter never drag dra them for if I 1 did they would ill all come on top fagain again 0 when I 1 have them well covered I 1 go over tho the piece again with tho the roller I 1 always sow front from 2 to 21 bushels bushela to ILL acre I 1 have tried different difF crent ways to sow them and this proves to bo be the best on clay land anti I 1 have drilled them in and sawed sowed them on oil top of the ground and plowed them in four foar inches deep deeland and solved thera them on fall plowing but they have never dono done so well we cut them with the and have three men ahead of the mower to turn them out in windrows wind rows so that tile the teall wont tram tramp over them then I 1 let them lie for two days day when they are it fit to stack most people think that they must cover their stacks with wild neild hay to keep keel them from getting citing wet but it so I 1 build my st sti acks about CO 00 feet long coith and south anti ami if they fire are well headed they will be drier at thrashing timo time thin than oat cat stacks when they are stacked I 1 turn out about head of poland chi nas once ti L lay day and they pick up nil all that have shell shed in tho the field atilt and when they all como come back they look so friendly they cant tell enough enogh what a good algood time they had it is dangerous to turn hungry pigs in a field of ripe peas they arc aal t to cat to p e thrown brou I 1 n badly their feed parties that would liko to sow BOW a large harge piece picco of peas should first stop art and I 1 think where they can get help to harvest harves t them on short notice for if there should come a week of wet weather tho the most of the peas would swell up and burst the pods and bo be lost entirely if there was not a good herd of hogs bogs on hand to pick them up ill there is no need or of a fence brieon the arid and other growing crops to keep pi piggy agy attending to his business in ili picking up the peas his lordship will see tut that tho the last one ona is found b before e fore ho he will go around speculating for mischief I 1 always try to have the peatfield pc pe afield adjoining the lie lot I 1 have raised them ea 0 cods from the ho lionso by hav aliga ing a strip about two rods wide running to t 0 the hog lot I 1 use tho the canada green field pea they aliey grow here front from four to seven feet high I 1 claim that two crops of peas on the same piece is better than a crop of manure they keep the weeds from growing and manure the ground soil that is really too poor to raise oats gh es cs the best crop of peas cor brood breed ers gazette |