Quantity of Seed 125 



( Buckwheat % bushel. 



3. -(Oats 1 bushel. 



( Rye 1 bushel. 



4 ( Oats 1 1 A bushels. 



' I Clover 15 pounds 



r ( Buckwheat % bushel. 



' ( Oats 1 bushel. 



6 (Oats 1 1 A bushels. 



' ) Rye 1 bushel. 



Many combinations may be made of the plants listed above, to 

 meet special conditions; for rather hard lands that need both humus 

 and nitrogen, a suggested combination is buckwheat or cowhorn 

 turnip, rye, Canada peas or vetch; or a leguminous crop may be 

 added to 3, 5 or 6 above. 



Other successful mixtures are reported in Delaware by Close 

 (Bull. No. 60), as follows: 



i Hairy vetch 40 pounds. 



( Rye 30 pounds. 



( Hairy vetch 20 pounds. 



( Cowpeas or soybeans 45 pounds. 



( Hairy vetch 20 pounds. 



/ Turnips 12 ounces. 



( Hairy vetch 20 pounds. 



/ Mammoth clover 8 pounds. 



( Turnips 8 ounces. 



5. < Rye 20 pounds. 



( Mammoth clover 4 pounds. 



fi ( Turnips 12 pounds. 



/ Soybeans or cowpeas I 40 pounds. 



7. \ Rape y 4 pounds. 



jf Rye 1 bushel. 



Rape 4 pounds. 



8. Soybeans or cowpeas 40 pounds. 



Rye 20 pounds. 



Weights of the seeds of cover-plants. 



Following are the customary seedsmen's weights to the bushel 

 some of the seeds contained in the above lists (Edgar Brown) : 



