Okra .................. 3 to 4 



Rhubarb .............. , 3 to 4 



Spinach ............... 3 to 4 



Turnip ................ 3 to 6 



Asparagus ............. 2 to 3 



Beans ................. 2 to 3 



Carrots ................ 2 to 3 



Celery ................. 2 to 3 



Corn (on cob) .......... 2 to 3 



Leek .................. 2 to 3 



Onion ................. 2 to 3 



Parsley ................ 2 to 3 



Parsnip ................ 2 to 3 



Pepper ................ 2 to 3 



Tomato ................ 2 to 3 



Egg-Plant .............. 1 to 2 



Herbs. 

 Anise .................. 3 to 4 



Caraway ............... 2 



Summer Savory ........ 1 to 2 



Sage .................. 2 to 3 



2 



100 feet in length 



Ibs. 



Ibs. 



Ibs. 



Ibs. 



Ib. 



Ibs. 



Ibs. 



2 lines 

 101% Ibs. 

 25% Ibs. 

 72 



2,560 

 460 



2 

 200 



12% 



Ibs. 

 Ibs. 

 Ibs. 

 Ibs. 

 Ibs. 

 Ibs. 



How Grain will Shrink. 



Food for 

 Plants 



How Deep in the Ground to Plant Corn. 



The following is the result of an experiment with Indian Corn. 

 That which was planted at a depth of 



1 inch came up in ....................... 8 J^ days. 



\Yz inch, came up in ...................... 9^ days. 



inches, came up in ..................... 10 days. 



inches, came up in ..................... HJ^ days. 



inches, came up in ..................... 12 days. 



inches, came up in ..................... 13 days. 



inches, came up in ..................... 13^ days. 



The more shallow the seed was covered with earth, the more 

 rapidly the sprout made its appearance, and the stronger after- 

 wards was the stalk. The deeper the seed lay, the longer it re- 

 mained before it came to the surface. Four inches was too deep 

 for the maize, and must, therefore, be too deep for smaller kernels. 



Amount of Barbed Wire Required for Fences. 



Estimated number of pounds of Barbed Wire required to 

 fence space for distances mentioned, with one, two or three lines 

 of wire, based upon each pound of wire, measuring one rod 

 feet). 



1 line 

 1 square acre ............ 50% Ibs. 



1 side of a square acre. . . . 12% 



1 square half-acre ........ 36 



1 square mile ............ 1,280 



1 side of a square mile. ... 230 



1 rod in length .......... 1 



100 rods in length ........ 100 



3 lines 

 152 Ibs. 

 38 Ibs. 

 108 Ibs. 

 3,840 Ibs. 

 690 Ibs. 

 3 Ibs. 

 300 Ibs. 

 18% Ibs. 



Farmers rarely gain by holding on to their grain after it is fit 

 for market, when the shrinkage is taken into account. Wheat, 

 from the time it is threshed, will shrink two quarts to the bushel 



