SOILS AND CROPS. 29 



CROPS 



Quantity of Seed to Sow Per Acre. 



Alfalfa (broadcast) 20 to 25 IbF. 



Alfalfa (drilled) 15 to 20 lbs. 



Bariey : 8-10 pecks. 



Beans, field (small) 2-3 pecks. 



Beans, field (large) 5-6 pecks. 



Beets 4-6 lbs. 



Blue grass 25 lbs. 



Brome grass 15-20 lbs. 



Brome grass (in mixture) 2-5 lbs. 



Buckwheat 3-5 pecks. 



Carrots (field) 4-6 lbs. 



Clover, alsike 8-15 lbs. 



Alsike (on wheat) 4-6 lbs. 



Clover, mammoth 12-15 lbs. 



Clover, red 8-14 lbs. 



Clover, sweet 2 pecks. 



Com 6 quarts to 1 bushel. 



Corn (silage) 9-11 quarts. 



Cow pea 1-1% bushels. 



Crimson clover 12-15 lbs. 



Field peas '^Vz-'iVz bushels. 



Flax (for seed) 2-3 pecks. 



Flax (for fibre) l%-2 bushels. 



Hungarian grass 2 pecks. 



Kaffir com (fodder) 10-12 lbs. 



Mangolds 5-8 lbs. 



Millet, barnyard (drills) 1-2 pecks. 



Millet, foxtails (drills) 2-3 pecks. 



Millet, German (seed) 1 peck. 



Oat Grass, tall 30 lbs. 



Oats 2-3 bushels. 



Oats and peas Oats 2 bushels. 



Peas 11^ bushels. 



Orchard grass 12-15 lbs. 



Parsnips 4-8 lbs. 



Popcorn 3 lbs. 



Potatoes 10-14 bushels. 



Potatoes (cut to 1 or 2 eyes) 6-9 bushels. 



Potatoes, for best yield 14-20 bushels. 



Rape (in drills) 2-4 lbs. 



Rape (broadcast) 4-8 lbs. 



Red Top 12-15 lbs. 



Rye 3-4 pecks. 



Rye (forage) 3-4 bushels. 



Sorghum (for syrup) ." 2-5 lbs. 



Sorghum (for silage) 6 lbs — % bushel. 



Sorghum and peas 3-4 pecks each. 



Soy beans (drills) 2-3 pecks. 



Soy beans (broadcast) 1-1% bushels. 



Sugar beets 15-20 lbs. 



Sunflower 10-15 lbs. 



Sweet clover 2-4 pecks. 



Timothy 15-25 lbs. 



Timothy and clover Timothy 10 lbs. 



Clover 4 lbs. 



Turnip (broadcast) 2-4 lbs. 



Turnip (drills) 1 lb. 



Vetch (drilled) 1 bushel. 



Vetch (broadcast) < 1% bushels. 



Wheat 6 to 9 pecks. 



