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TABLE 4 

 LENGTH OF TIME SEEDS MAINTAIN THEIR VITALITY 



Average 

 years 



Barley 3 



Bean 3 



Beet 6 



Buckwheat 2 



Cabbage 5 



Carrot 4 



Celery 8 



Clover 3 



Corn 2 



Cucumber, common 6 



Average 

 years 



Oats 3 



Onion 2 



Orchard grass 2 



Parsnip 2 



Peanut 1 



Peas 3 



Pumpkin 5 



Radish 5 



Rape % 5 



Rye "....2 



Eggplant 6 Salsify 2 



Flax 2 Soy-bean 2 



Hop 2 Squash 6 



Lettuce, common 5 



Millet 2 



Muskmelon 5 



Mustard . . . . 3 



Timothy 2 



Turnip 5 



Watermelon 6 



Wheat.. ..2 



TABLE 4 

 QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACHE 



Alfalfa (broadcast) 20-30 Ibs. 



Alfalfa (drilled) 15-20 lb.s. 



Barley 8-10 pks. 



Beans (field) 2-6 pks. 



Blue-grass (sown alone)... 25 11 s. 

 Brume grass (sown aloi.e) 12-20 Ibs. 



Buckwheat ' 3-5 pks. 



Cabbage J-l Ib. 



Carrot (for stock) 4-6 Ibs. 



Clover (alsike alone) 8-15 Ibs. 



Clover (red alone) 10-18 Ibs. 



Corn 6-8 <)ts. 



Corn (for silage) 9-11 qts. 



Cotton 1-2 bus. 



Cowpea 1-1 i bus. 



Flax 2-4 pks. 



Mangels 5-8 Ibs. 



Millet 1-3 pks. 



Oats 2-3 bus. 



Potato 6-20 bus. 



Potato (recommended) . .15-18 bus. 



Pumpkin 4 Ibs. 



Rape 2-8 Ibs. 



Red-Top (recleaned) 12-15 Ibs. 



Rice 1-3 bus. 



Rye 3-8 pks. 



Sugar Beets 15-20 Ibs. 



Sweet Potato 1$ 4 bus. 



Timothy 10-20 Ibs. 



Timothy and Clover 



Timothy 10-15 Ibs. 



Clover 4-10 Ibs. 



Turnip (broadcast) 2-4 Ibs. 



Vetch (hairy), 1 bus. -f- 1 bus. small 



grain. 

 Wheat 6-9 pks. 



