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TABLE IV. 

 QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE, AND LEGAL WEIGHTS. 



Amount Lbs. per bu. 



Name of seed. per acre. usually. 



Alfalfa 30 lbs. 60 



Barley 8-10 pks. 48^ 



Blue-grass, alone 20-25 lbs. 14 



Buckwheat 3-5 pks. 48' 



Clover, alone 10-15 lbs. 60' 



Corn, shelled, checkrow 6-8 qts. 60 



Corn, for ensilage 10 qts. 



Cotton, Upland 4-8 pks. 32* 



Cowpea 4-7 pks. 60 



Mangels 5-8 lbs. 



Millet 1-3 pks. 50^ 



Oats 2-3bu. 32^ 



Oats-and-Canada-peas 6 pks. each 



Potato 6-18 bu. 60^ 



Rye 3- 8 pks. 56^ 



Timothy 10-20 lbs. 45^ 



Timothy-and-clover mixture. . . , 10-12 lbs. each 



Vetch-and-grain mixture 4-5 pks. each 



Wheat 6- 9 pks. 60 



1 Pennsylvania 47, varies in a few States from 45 to 50. 



2 Varies in different States from 42 to 56. 

 ' New Jersey 64. 



♦Varies 28 to 33i 

 'A few exceptions. 



