CHAPTER V 



Seed-Tables 



The farm practice of the particular person greatly modifies the quan- 

 tity of seed to be used to the acre, as also the purpose for which the 

 given crop is to be grown ; but the average quantities are to be found 

 about midway between the extremes given in these tables. 



Quantity of Seed Required per Acre 



Alfalfa (broadcast) 

 Alfalfa (drilled) . . 

 Artichoke, Jerusalem . 

 Asparagus .... 



Barley .... 



Barley and peas 



Bean, dwarf (in drills) 



Bean, pole (in drills) 



Bean, field (small va 

 rieties) . . . 



Bean, field (large va- 

 rieties) . . . 



Beet 



Beggarweed (for forage) 



Beggarweed (for hay) 



Bent-grass . . . 



Berseem .... 



Blue-grass 



Brome-grass (alone 

 for hay) 



Bronie-grass (alone 

 for pasture) . . 



Brome-grass (in mix- 

 ture) .... 



Broom-corn ... 



Broom-corn (for seed) 



Buckwheat . 



Bur-clover . 



Cabbage .... 



Carrots (for stock) 



Cassava .... 



Cauliflower . 



Celery 



20-25 lb. 



15-20 lb. 



6-8 bu. 



4 or 5 lb., or 



1 oz. for 50 ft. 



of drill 



8-10 pk. 



1-2 bu. each 



IH bu. 



10-12 qt. 



2-3 pk. 



5-6 pk. 

 4-6 lb. 

 5-6 lb. 

 8-10 lb. 

 1-2 bu. 

 1^-1 bu. 

 25 lb. (pure) 



12-15 lb. 



15-20 lb. 



2-5 lb. 



3 pk. 



Ipk. 



3-5 pk. 



12 1b. 



3^-1 lb. 



4-6 lb. 



By cuttings 



1 oz. for 1000 



plants 



1 oz. for 2000 



plants 



Chick-pea .... 30-50 lb. 

 Chicory (and by cut- 

 tings) ..... 1-11^ lb. 

 Clover, alsike (alone, 



for forage) . . . 8-15 lb. 



Clover, alsike (on 



wheat or rye in 



spring) .... 4-6 lb. 



Clover, Egyptian or 



berseem .... 3^-1 bu. 



Clover, Japan (lespe- 



deza) 12 lb. 



Clover, mammoth . 12-15 lb. 

 Clover, red (alone, for 



forage) .... 16 lb. 



Clover, red (on small 



grain in spring) . . 8-14 lb. 



Clover, sweet (melilo- 



tus) 2 pk. 



Clover, white . . . 10-12 lb. 



Clover, yellow (for 



seed) 3-5 lb. 



Clover, yellow (in 



mixture) .... 1 lb. 



Corn qt.-l bu. 



Corn (for silage) . . 9-11 qt. 



Cotton 1-3 bu. 



Cowpea 1-132 bu. 



Cowpea (in drill, with 



corn) 3^-1 bu. 



Cowpea (for seed) . 3 pk. 



Cress, upland (in drills) 2-3 lb. 

 Cress, water ( in drills) 2-3 lb. 



Crimson clover . . 12-15 lb. 



Cucumber (in hills) . 2 lb. 



Durra. See Kafir 



and Milo 



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