APPENDIX. 



Quantities of Seed Required to the Acre. 



NAME. 



Wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



Rye 



Buckwheat 



Millet 



Corn 



Beans 



Peas 



Hemp 



Flax 



Rice 



QUANTITY OF SEED. 

 l\i to 2 bushels. 

 1 1 A to 2% bushels. 

 2 to 4 bushels. 

 1 to 2 bushels. 

 % to lj bushels. 

 1 to \]/2 bushels. 

 % to 1 bushel. 

 1 to 2 bushels. 

 2lito3 l A bushels. 



1 to \]/% bushels. 

 l /2 to 2 bushels. 



2 to 2J^ pounds. 



NAME. QUANTITY OF SEED. 



Broom Corn 

 Potatoes 

 Timothy 

 Mustard 

 Herd Grass 

 Flat Turnip 

 Red Clover 

 White Clover 

 Blue Grass 

 Orchard Grass 

 Carrots 

 Parsnips 



1 to 1 V<i bushels. 



5 to 10 bushels. 

 12 to 24 quarts. 

 8 to 20 quarts. 

 12 to 16 quarts. 



2 to 3 pounds. 

 10 to 16 pounds. 



3 to 4 pounds. 

 10 to 15 pounds. 

 20 to 30 pounds. 



4 to 5 pounds. 



6 to 8 pounds. 



Directions for Preparing Insecticides and Fungicides. 



Bordeaux Mixture Directions are given on page 57 

 for the preparation of Bordeaux mixture in small quantities. 

 Below are given directions for larger quantities: 



4 Ib. copper sulfate. 

 4 Ib. fresh lime. 

 50 gal. of water. 



Dissolve the copper sulfate and slake the lime as 

 shown on page 58. Dilute each to 25 gallons, and pour 

 together, making 50 gallons of the mixture. Spray. Use 

 for apple and plum rot; potato, melon, celery, strawberry, 

 and tomato blight; plum pockets, currant and grape 



anthracnose. 



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