295 



WEIGHT PER BUSHEL. 



(tubers) 45 Ibs. 

 40 Ibs, 

 40 Ibs. 

 64 Ibs. 



QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE. 

 The following table will be found useful for reference : 



NAME. QUANTITY PER ACRE. 



Artichokes, Jerusalem, in rows 3 ft. x 



18 in., according to size 



Barley, broadcast, for green fodder 2 bushels to 3 bushels 



Barley, in drills if bushels to i bushels 



Beans, field, in drills 20 in. to 30 in. apart. 2 bushels to 4 bushels 

 Beets, or mangels 

 Buckwheat, in drills 

 Cabbages, to be transplanted 

 Cabbages, in drills 

 Carrots 



Chicory, in drills 

 Clovers 



Cocksfoot grass 

 Couch grass 



Cucumbers, melons, pumpkins 

 Flax (linseed) 

 Grass 



Hemp, in drills 

 Kohl-rabi, in drills 

 Lucerne, broadcast 

 Lucerne, in drills 

 Lupins 



Maize, for grain 



Maize, for green fodder or ensilage 

 Mustard, broadcast 

 Oats 

 Onions 

 Parsnips 

 Peas, in drills 

 Peas, broadcast 



Potatoes, in drills, or hills, cut, 

 Potatoes, (cut to single eyes), 

 Radish, broadcast, 

 Rape, broadcast, 

 Rape, in drills, 

 Rye 

 Sanfoin 



Sorghum, broadcast, 

 Sorghum, in drills, 

 Turnips, in drills, 

 Turnips, broadcast, 

 Vetches or Tares 

 Wheat, broadcast, 

 Wheat, in drills, 



PLANTS PER ACRE. 



Feet apart 

 2 

 3 

 4 



8 



Xo. of Plants. 



10890 



4840 



2722 



1742 

 680 



Feet apart 



9 

 10 

 12 



15 

 18 



No. of Plants. 



537 

 435 

 302 



193 



134 



Feet apart 

 2O 

 21 

 25 

 30 

 35 



No. of Plants. 

 108 



9f 

 69 



48 



35 



RULE. Multiply the distances into each other, and with the product divide 

 43,560 (the number of square feet in an acre), and the quotient is the number of plants. 



