278 THE WHEAT CULTUKIST. 



this subject, I herewith give a table which was prepaied 

 a few years ago, for "Facts for Farmers." 



Grains per Kernels ^.er r . 



square foot. square yard. Grams Pf acre ' 



4 36 174,240=1 peck. 



8 72 ....... 34S,480=2 pecks. 



12 108 522,720=3 pecks. 



16 144 696,960=4 pecks. 



32 288 ...... 1,393,420=8 pecks. 



48 432 2,090,880=3 bushels. 



64 576 2,787,840=4 bushels. 



80 720 3,428,800=5 bushels. 



If a square foot be divided into four equal parts, and 

 one kernel of wheat be planted in the middle of each 

 section, if the wheat be of ordinary size, it will require 

 about one peck of grain per acre. By dividing each 

 square foot into sixteen sections, three inches square, 

 and planting one kernel in the centre of each section, 

 about one bushel of seed will be required per acre. 

 But, if seed wheat were drilled in or sowed broadcast, 

 as thick as this estimate, the growing plants will be 

 found to stand as thickly as they should be in order to 

 grow advantageously, and yield abundantly. 



The beginner can enlarge, at pleasure, on these sug- 

 gestions, as everything seems to be quite indefinite, 

 after making our most satisfactory estimates. 



WHAT BECOMES OF THE SEED. 



Intelligent cultivators of soil, from time immemorial, 

 have asked this question with much solicitude. From 

 my early boyhood, to the present time, I have been on 

 the lookout for a philosophical answer to this inquiry ; 



