QUANTITY AND WEIGHTS 399 



TABLE IV. 



QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE, AND LEGAL 

 WEIGHTS. 



Amount Lbs. per bu. 



Name of seed. per acre. usually. 



Alfalfa 30 Ibs. 60 



Barley 8-10 pks. 48 1 



Beans 3- 6 pks. 60 



Blue grass, alone 20-25 Ibs. 14 



Buckwheat 3-5 pks. 48 2 



Clover, alone 10-15 Ibs. 60 s 



Corn, shelled, checkrow 6-8 qts. 56 6 



Corn, for ensilage 10 qts. 



Cotton, Upland 4-8 pks. 32 4 



Cowpeas 4-6 pks. 60 5 



Flaxseed 2-4 pks. 56 s 



Mangels 5-8 Ibs. 



Millet 1-3 pks. 50 5 



Oats 2-3bu. 32 5 



Oats and Canada peas 5-6 pks. each 



Onions 5-6 Ibs. 52-57 5 



Peas, field 60 



Potato 6-18 bu. 60 5 



Potatoes, sweet, bedded 1>- 3 bu. 46-60 



Rice, rough 1-3 bu. 43-45 



Rye 3-8 pks. 56 5 



Soybeans 4- 6 pks. 60 s 



Timothy 10-20 Ibs. 45 6 



Timothy and clover mixture 10-12 Ibs. each 



Turnips or rape 3-5 Ibs. 



Vetch and grain mixture 4-5 pks. each 



Vetch, Augusta 3-4 pks. 60 6 



Wheat 6-9 pks. 60 



1 Pennsylvania 47 varies in a few States from 45 to 50. 



2 Varies in different States from 42 to 56. 



3 New Jersey 64. 



Varies 28 to 33 1 A. 

 5 A few exceptions. 



Problems. 1. At the present market prices for the seeds of six of 

 the crops sown in your section, calculate the cost of seed for ten acres 

 of each. 



2. Find the legal weights for seeds that are shown in this table to 

 vary, and note the standard for your State. 



