74 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Kinds of seeds. Amount of ground sown. 



Squash, -winter One ounce will plant 20 hills . 



Tomato One ounce will sow a seed bed 4 by 20 feet, 1,200 plants. 



Turnip One ounce will sow a bed 4i by 100 feet. 



70,000 kernels of corn in a bushel; 254,000 apple seeds in a bushel; 15,000 seeds in an 

 ounce of tobacco. 



Garden Seeds. 



Asparagus ._ One ounce will give 250 plants. 



Beans, dwarf One quart per drill will give 200 feet long. 



Beets One ounce will give 200 plants. 



Cabbage One pound will give 70,000 plants. 



Carrot One ounce will give 800 plants. 



Cauliflower One ounce wnll give 4,000 plants. 



Egg-plant One ounce will give 1,800 plants. 



Melon One ounce will give 50 hills. 



Quantity of Seed per Acre Sown in Rows or Drills. 



Beans, iield, in rows 2 feet apart 2| bushels. 



Peas 2 bushels. 



Potatoes, in rows 3 feet apart ,.. 12 bushels. 



Onions, in rows 12 to 15 inches apart 4 pounds. 



Carrots, in drills 2 feet apart T. 3 pounds. 



Parsnips, in drills 2 feet apart 2^ pounds. 



Beets, mangel wurtzel, 2 feet apart 4^ pounds. 



Indian corn, in rows 3| feet each way 8 qts. per acre. 



Broadcast. 



Wheat : li bushels. 



Barley 2 bushels. 



Rye , 1^ to 2 bushels. 



Oats _ 2 to 4 bushels. 



BuckAvheat 1 to 1^ bushels. 



Indian corn 2 to 2^ bushels. 



Peas _ 3 bushels. 



Flat turnip _ 1^ pounds. 



Hemp 1 to 1 A bushels. 



Flax ito 2 bushels. 



Tin>othy _ 12 to 24 quarts. 



Mustard 8 to 20 quarts. 



Red top 12 to 16 quarts. 



Red clover _ ., 10 to 16 pounds. 



White clover 3 to 4 pounds. 



