CHAPTER V 



SEED-TABLES 



THE farm practice of the particular person greatly modifies the quan- 

 tity of seed to be used to the acre, as also the purpose for which the 

 given crop is to be grown ; but the average quantities are to be found 

 about midway between the extremes given in these tables. 



Quantity of Seed Required per Acre 



Chick-pea .... 



Chicory (and by cut- 

 tings) . . . . . 



Clover, alsike (alone, 

 for forage) . . . 



Clover, alsike (on 

 wheat or rye in 

 spring) . . . . 



Clover, Egyptian or 

 berseem .... 



Clover, Japan (lespe- 

 deza) 



Clover, mammoth 



Clover, red (alone, for 

 forage) .... 



Clover, red (on small 

 grain in spring) . . 



Clover, sweet (melilo- 

 tus) 



Clover, white . . . 



Clover, yellow (for 



Clover, yellow (in 



mixture) .... 



Corn 



Corn (for silage) . . 



Cotton 



Cowpea 



Cowpea. (in drill, with 



corn) 



Cowpea (for seed) 

 Cress, upland (in drills) 

 Cress, water ( in drills) 

 Crimson clover 

 Cucumber (in hills) . 

 Durra. See Kafir 



and Milo 



30-50 Ib. 

 1-1^ Ib. 

 8-15 Ib. 



4-6 Ib. 

 3^-1 bu. 



12 Ib. 

 12-15 Ib. 



16 Ib. 



8-14 Ib. 



2 pk. 

 10-12 Ib. 



3-5 Ib. 



1 Ib. 



6 qt.-l bu. 

 9-11 qt. 

 1-3 bu. 

 1-1^ bu. 



^2-1 bu. 



3 pk. 

 2-3 Ib. 



2-3 Ib. 



12-15 Ib. 



21b. 



