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ferent grains, varies very largely, shelled corn ranging from 

 afty-two to fifty-eight pounds ; corn in the ear, from seventy 

 to seventy-two; rye, fifty -two to fifty-six; barley, thirty-two to 

 fifty-two; buckwheat, forty to fifty-two; oats, thirty -two to 

 thirty-six. The legal weight of Avheat is sixty pounds in all 

 the States. The following table, from the Agricultural Annual^ 

 shows the number of seeds in a pound, of the different grains 

 and grasses. • 



Wheat 10,500 



Barley 15,400 



Oats 20,000 



Rye 23,000 



Beans 600 to 1,300 



Peas 1,800 to 2,000 



Flax 108,000 



Turnip 155,000 



Cabbage 128 000 



Mangel Wurzel 24,600 



Parsnip 97,000 



Carrot 257,000 



Lucern 205,000 



Red Clover 249,600 



White Clover 686,400 



Rye Grass 334,000 



Sweet Yernal Grass 923,000 



