244 How THE FARM PAYS. 



TABLE OF PROPER QUANTITIES OF FARM SEEDS FOR AN ACRE. 



Winter Wheat, broadcast 2 to 2 j bush. 



drilled 1 "11 



Spring Wheat, broadcast 2J " 3 



drilled 1| " 2 



Barley, broadcast 2 " 2J " 



" drilled 1 J " 2 " 



Oats, broadcast 3 "4 " 



" drilled 2 " 2J " 



Bye, broadcast 2 " 



" drilled 1 " 1J " 



Orchard Grass (if sown alone, though 



it never should be sown except in 



mixture) 3 "4 " 



Timothy, or Herds Grass (when sown 



with grain in the fall, to be followed 



with Clover in the spring) 12 to 15 qts. 



Timothy without Clover 16 " 18 " 



Bed Top, or Brown Top, broadcast . . 3 bush. 



Blue Grass, broadcast 2 " 



Hungarian Millet 1 " 



Golden Millet 1 " 



Bed Clover, broadcast, after Timothy 



in the spring 10 to 12 qts. 



Bed Clover without other grasses in the 



spring 15 " 18 " 



Lucern, or Alfalfa, broadcast 15 " 20 Ibs. 



drilled 10 



White Clover, broadcast 8 Ibs. 



Field Corn, in hills, small varieties. ... 5 to 6 qts. 



" " * ' large " .... 6 " 8 " 

 Field Corn for fodder, sown in drills 



3 J feet wide and 1 foot apart 2 bush. 



Oats and Peas, when sown together for 



fodder 2 bush, of each. 



Beets and Mangels, in drills always, 30 



inches apart 6 to 7 Ibs. 



Carrots, in drills always, 24 in. apart. . 2 " 3 " 

 Turnips and Buta Bagas, in drills 30 



inches apart 2 Ibs. 



