The Psa-ye;. or pisaa,.
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The gi.stisr, psa-nat, or gseRad-rea (.9nvokis kspoy9e11 s ieguminoas piant similar Co the p~a or bsan. bat differs from them ia eontaining about ten per cent of oil. resembling that Of the alaaana and consequently k more fsftraiag sssd equally nntritio,ss tO maa asd snimals. ThsFcfe=e, from thee properties, aad tbe vsIae of the grcra ssen,s when peag ia a fertilizer. wc tN3nk the fol- lowing Nni1rks'f om Mir. M'Csaghan, ef Missis- sippi, are worthy the attention of Southern plan teEs

 "I planted, tise 18th of Fehy lest, three scYas in pisdars. ia TOWN five feet spaFt the peas about is inches apart, in a common snail farFow made with

 balt-fongue plough, on level ground. having first hraken ap and narrowed it well. The weather af- terw1rsis in March, was very cold, wet, and unfa- vorahae, and killed many of tho peas which had sprouted, that had very poor stand; they, however, grew finely, an1 interieckei across the rows. and covered the ground pretty we'll On the Eth of Get began digging for fear of fTa<,) by loosrRing the ground little round the buneh with iron fork ~ith three pr ags, each above thirteen inches leag, and then pitched the fork under the taP-root and pressed t ap; hand follows and lifs up line baaeh, most of the peas aeheriag to is and shakes the s0Sd (eirt we have none ali eff an lays i out straight to enFc like hay; when sufficiently cured, tic up ia bundles the proper size for cut tingbox. and stow away for winter food foFhorses, cows, &e., tlaa which there can be nothing better more RatricioHs The piadars that are torn from the vine partly left the tsp of the ground, aRl can easily he picked up after rain. then tara tic hogs in, and they gather the halance and fatscn as finely on them on corn Our poorest land will yield 6fiy to eighty bushels of the peas and over son of hay per acre, and altogether I regari ii as oRc of the finest crops inc Southern farmer raise. If we could afford to give an en- tire crop to the land, 1 persuaded 1t would be qate good as a eroa of your beet red clover to tertilize It. There has beea mistaken policy parsied, almost universally; in cHltivating the pindsr, by covering over the tops with earth we. they begin to dsom; this is not only unnecessary, but positively injurious; although the top or vine grows straight up at first. yet when it is time 10 ssed. the sfaaii flores the end of which t'e pea

 row. aris, the vine iaclin-s 10 the grou nd until Il finds a efeper location. and then extends it's brsRcHes two three, four feet ia length n every direction, tonchiRg the earth. The only cnltiya- ton requisite is to keep the groand loose and clear of Wesfs aud grass and level as possible so that the fbFes on which the pea grows can penetrate the ground easily, l intend. next year, to piant pin- ders in hitls, or, rather in cheeks two feet apart each way, which will euse them 10 grow in ap- right bunehs yielding more hay and will be easier dug, aaa, think, win probably yield as many peas '' -fmsTieda .fyr1cHtfsrist.