The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-15
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PEAS AND PEA CULTURE.

PEAS AND PEA CULTURE.
NJ. Edilor:--A great deal In. been
SPOKEN snd written upon The suhjeci Of
pras and pea embarrassment. perhsps. that
had as well never have been. Since llIe
advent af Dir. Rsfiin inlo Souh Csnlina,
u has bern the fashion 10 talk much about
The pea being ihr rlnyer of The South
The great agent fnr rsnnsaling our worn
"ui lands. improving nur stock. and revo-
lnnoniziag onr system nl agriculture
Many ESSAYS have been written. many
speeches have bern spoken. and y.l No.
thing practical has heen done. No man
has a. yet sseerisinsd BY. analysis the
constituent elements Of The pea-why IL
does moi impoverish The soil. or injnre the
growth of contiguous plants. Every
farmer who has tried il, knows that land.
HhrTenn peas have besn grnwn. always
will afIard teIlrr yi.ld Of wheat--yel
few farmers knnw why. Many will irlI
you thai the pea il The hest fond lnr sock
The best winter pasture that can he
grown with us-whilsi others will assure
Won that they are death on hogs, cows
and horses. SINE say il il the vine Than
kllls-"Ihrrs that il is The injured or ian.
mature pea-nlhers the season. and 9th
rrs the want IL proper care and attention
IN administering the dnse-vet nrhndy
knows why IL kiIls--or wha. Il is Of The
pea ihai Kills. ..- -
Agricultural Societies have awarded
premiums al every meeting f,r The latest
hogs, cows and sheep. yet no instance is
an record of premium for the beet anal
y.is Of The pea. Premiums have been a.
wardrd. time and again. for the largest
kyieldafeotp. cotton, wheat. the hest mode
Of cullnre, &C., bni nothing has been said
about The pea. Very few experiments.
after all The talk had about il, have been
made with the pea, and really very little
10 known aboni il, for evidence Of which,
one might be referred to The variety Of o.
prninns expresseu uv f,r. rnfiffps and
other writers ofihe Culliyalor. In truth,
the pea is never planted and cultivated
and relied on as a part Of the crop. but
only rs a sort Of sdjHnct. which .if il hi"
well and good, if not, no matter. IL a
farmer has peas enough TO secure his seed,
and s,ave his hogs off The corn crib ill
Christmas, he Is perfectly satisfied. Now.
sm free ~ admit, Thai even this 10 doing
a great deal. w, !, Is but 1.-THE OF what
The pea would du Tor us. IL we were 10
turn our attention Ia the cultivation Of il.
MT 40 a crop 60 he eaten. but On he re-
turned 10 The snil. | have heard g"'d
farmers assert, that peas would restore
land, # not pasture,l and sill have seen
the same men, The moment their corn was
/ gathered, turn every living thing they
could muster into service upon it. This
would not b. 50 bad. il they had pennetl
their stock. and store up all the manure
made ,herefrom. But the cows still stood
in The lane, to regale the olfactories Of
the passer by, or wandered at large over
The country. have heard some argue
|, that the pea injured corn when planted
near it--oihers that il did not. have
planted alternate rows, with and wiihou,
peas, and have been unable to perceive
J, any difference in the corn. The land
:, perhaps, was good enough to produce
: both sbundantly: I canno, say, because
!, do not know what is necessary 10 make
the pea.
am farmer upon small scale.
!; work hut few hands, superintend my
own business, put down y, night in m,
: journal The daily operations Of the past
: do no, pretend to set myself mp as al
, experienced or good farmer, but as | fol
low my business con dmors," | indulge
the hope, tina, a, some day. no. cen,ur,
hence, | may be no, only practical, bu
! a scientific one. *.. .-~ o..
have been experimenting on the pc;
in small way for FIVE years, but this i
. the frs, article from my pen which ha
found its way into the newspapers on ihi
$ subject. have been inclined to writ
: this, by some remarks on the pea, by III
d veteran Skinner. in those capital letter:
!, published in the Carolinian last fall, an
: by the contradictory opinions &c the wr
= tiers Of the Southern Culliyator. My de
sire is to draw attention to the culture {
: the pea, and 10 correct prejudices again'
n ito prove that il is valuable food r.
T. all sioock, and not dangerous one-t
/. prove that il may be made an importar
t agen, ip retaining land. and that it is
IS good manure for wheat. And here, a, III
very outset, lie, me say, know no.hin
about the COW pea, never having one Q
Y my farm. When commenced farmin,
" ! selected fom the different varieties ,
y pea sonmon 10 the country, the !" plaa