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SCIENTIFIC MANUAL. 



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FORMULA NO. 3. 



Lot Manure , -. 600 Ibe. 



Cotton Seed (green) 500 Ibs. 



Superphosphate 700 Iba. 



Sulphate of Ammonia. 60 Ibs. 



Kainit 140 Ibs. 



Making a ton of 2,000 Ibs. 



The sulphate of ammonia and kainit must be dissolved in 

 warm water, and a proportionate part of each sprinkled upon 

 tfie other ingredients as the heap is prepared. Apply as di- 

 rected under No. 1, to cotton and corn. To wheat or oats, apply 

 400 or 500 pounds per acre, broadcast, and plow or harrow it in 

 with the grain. 



SOME USEFUL TABLES 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



One bushel of 



Wheat weighs ... 



Corn, shelled, weighs 



Corn, in the ear, weighs. . . 



Corn-meal weighs 



Peas weighs 



Rye weighs 



Oats weighs 



Barley weighs 



Irish potatoes weighs 



Sweet potatoes weighs 



Dried apples weighs 



Dried peaches weighs .... 

 Onions weighs 



Ibs. . 

 ..60 

 ..56 

 ..70 

 ..48 

 ..60 

 ..56 

 ..32 

 ..47 

 ..60 

 ..55 

 ..24 

 ..33 

 ..57 



One bushel of Ibs. 



Salt weighs 55 



Bran weighs 20 



Turnips weighs 55 



Ground peas 24 



Cotton seed weighs 30 



Buckwheat wheat 52 



Clover seed weighs . . 60 



Timothy seed weighs 45 



Flax seed weighs 58 



Blue grass seed weighs 14 



Millet seed weighs 50 



Hungarian grass seed weighs ... 54 

 Orchard grass seed weighs . . .14 



A box 24x16 inches, 52 inches deep, contains one barrel 



A box 16xl6-j% inches, 8 inches deep, contains one bushel 



A box 8x8-1% inches, 8 inches deep, contains one peck 



A box 4x4 inches, 4^ inches deep, contains half peck 



A box 4x4 inches, 1 inches deep, contains one quart 



U. S. standard bushel, or Winchester bushel, contains 2150.42 cubic 

 inches. Its dimensions are 18% inches in diameter inside, and 8 inches 

 deep. 



