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Show PLANT PEAS FOR ALL SEASON Soli Should Be Prepared the Same as for Other Crops. Some Fertilizer Should Be Scattered Where Row Is to Be Planted and Then Raked In Scatter Seed Along In Furrow. In planting garden peas first prepare pre-pare the soil the same as for other crops, then scatter a little fertilizer where the row Is to be planted and rake this Into the soil. Next stretch a line and make a deep mark with the corner of the hoe. The bottom of this mark should be at least three Inches across so that the seed can be spread somewhat and not crowded too closely together. Scatter the seed In this furrow 15 to 20 seeds to the foot, then cover about three Inches deep and slightly firm the soil over the seed with the back of the hoe. About two weeks will generally elapse be fore the sprout appears above th ground. At least three, and preferably four, plantings should be made at Intervals of two weeks In order to keep up a continuous supply, advises the United States Department of Agriculture. II the first planting Is of Alaska the second sec-ond should be of Gradus or Thomaf Laxton, while the third should be ol Excelsior and the fourth of Telephone or some similar variety. This will guarantee a continuous supply. There Is nothing particularly difficult diffi-cult about the cultivation of peas-just peas-just keep them well hoed and properly prop-erly trained upon the brush or wire trellis to keep them off the ground. After the pens are all gathered the vines and trellis can be removed and the ground planted to late . potatoes, late cabbage, spinach, turnips, late snap beans, or any crop that It Is desired de-sired to grow during the last summer or fall months. Facts are stubborn things. Smollett. |