Show Peas at Canneries I Lead Lea All Vegetables Usually Grown Gro Along With Other Crops for Canning Prepared by tho the United Stilt State Department of Agriculture Since 1005 tho tiro volume of ot garden peas pens grown for tor canning cunning has lias multiplied more than five live times and since 1022 this crop has headed the list of ot vegetables vegetables vege vega tables grown for Cor canneries In 1023 1923 pea pen canners packed cases according to the tube United States Department De De- De- De of Agriculture Peas are usually grown along with other vegetables for Cor canning and the culture Is centralized In the vicinity of or canner canneries s according to Formers Farmers Bulletin l F F i-F Tile The Pro Production of oC Pens Peas for Cor Canning recently revised by hy V V. R. R Boswell Hoswell of ot the bureau of plant I Industry The b bulletin may be Iw obtained obtained ob ob- tamed free from the Office of Information Information j tion United States Department of ot j AgrI Agriculture Washington D D. D C. C 1 f The fhe bulletin points out that peas lens are not exacting In their soil soli requirements requirements requirements require require- ments but demand a n soil soli that Is well drained and not too dr dry A cool climate climate cli cli- mate ate Is preferable and planting should he as ns early as the soil soli can be bc worked In the spring The Thc Individual growers grower's acreage Is limited by the suitability of ot his soil soH and equipment nail and by the availability of labor at nt rush time Ten Tenor or fifteen acres of pens peas usually fits I well Into a acre rotation The pen pea Is a legume and und when the proper roper bacteria are present present-it It enriches the soil solI by accumulating the expensive element clement nitrogen from the air nr The bulletin not notes s Instances of Increases of wheat yields In New York Yort state ranging from flom five to eighteen bushels an nn acre as ns the result of or a previous pea pen crop |