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SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



Average top prices per cwt. for 1919, also for the three years previous, com- 

 puted from data furnished by the Portland Union Stock Yards Co., were as 

 f ollows : 



(Compiled from daily and monthly top sales) 



F. L. KENT, Field Agent. 



USEFUL TABLES 



Nuniber of Plauts Per Acre at Various Distances 



Usual Distances for Planting Vegetables — (Bailey) 



Asparagus, rows 3 to 4 feet apart, 1 to 2 



feet apart in rows. 

 Beans, bush, 2 to 3 feet apart, 1 foot 



apart in rows. 

 Beans, pole, 3 to 4 feet each way. 

 Beets, early, in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. 

 Beets, late, in drills 2 to 3 feet apart. 

 Cabbage, early, 16x28 inches to 18x30 



inches. 

 Cabbage, late, 2x3 feet to 21/2x3% feet. 

 Carrots, in drills 1 to 2 feet apart. 

 Cauliflower, 2x2 feet to 2x3 feet apart. 

 Celery, rows 3 to 4 feet apart, 6 to 9 



inches in row. 

 Corn, sweet, rows 3 to 3% feet apart, 9 



inches to 2 feet in rows. 

 Cucumber, 4 to 5 feet each way. 

 Eggplant, 3x3 feet. 

 Lettuce, 1x1% feet or 2 feet. 



Melon, musk, 5 to 6 feet each way. 



Melon, water, 7 to 8 feet each way. 



Onions, in drills from 14 to 20 inches apart. 



Parsnips, in drills 18 inches to 3 feet apart. 



Peas. in drills, early kinds iisually in dou- 

 ble rows from 6 to 9 inches apart, late, 

 in Single rows 2 to 3 feet apart. 



Pepper, 15 to 18 inches x 2 to 2% feet. 



Potatoes, 10 to 18 inches x 2% to 3 feet. 



Pumpkins, 8 to 10 feet each way. 



Radish, in drills 10 to 18 inches apart. 



Rhubarb, 2 to 4 feet x 4 feet. 



Salsify, in drills 1% to 2 feet apart. 



Spinach, in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. 



Squash. 3 to 4 feet x 4 feet. 



Sweet Potatoes, 2 feet x 3 to 4 feet. 



Tomato, 4 feet x 4 to 5 feet. 



Turnip, in drills 1% to 2% feet apart. 



