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Table IX. Weight per Bushel, Seeding Rate per Acre, Number of Seeds 

 per Pound and Depth to Cover Farm Seeds {Continued). 



( !rop. 



Weight per 

 Bushel, 

 pounds. 



Annual Forage Crops {Con- 

 tinued). 



Millet, common 1 



Millet, Hungarian I r n 



Millet, German ou 



Millet, Golden Wonder J | 



Rape 50-60 



Sainfoin 26 



Serradella ! 28-36 



Sorghum 56 



Sunflower 24-50 



Cereals. 



Barley 48 



Buckwheat 42-50 



Flax 56 



Kaffir corn 50-60 



Milo 50-60 



Maize, shelled 56 



Maize, on cob 70 



Rice 43-45 



Rye 56 



Spelt 40-60 



Wheat 60 



Oats j 32 



Vegetables and Roots. 



Artichokes 



Beets 50-60* 



< Jarrots. . .'. 50* 



Mangels 50-60* 



Parsnip i 45-50* 



Potato 60 



Turnip 55-60* 



Rutabaga 50-60' 



Sugar beets 50-60* 



Sweet potato 50-55 



Fiber. 



Broom corn 



Cotton, Sea Island. 

 Cotton, upland. . . . 

 Hemp 



Rate of 

 Seeding. 



2-3 pecks 



3-8 pounds . . . 

 40 pounds. . . . 

 40-50 pounds. 

 13^-2 bushels. 

 10-15 pounds. 



7-9 pecks . . 

 3-5 pecks. . 

 2-8 pecks . . 

 3-12 quarts. 

 5 quarts 



5-16 quarts 



1-3 bushels. . 

 5-10 pecks. . . 



5-8 pecks . 

 8-10 pecks. 



6-8 bushels . . 

 4-6 pounds. . 

 3-4 pounds . . 

 5-8 pounds . . . 

 4-8 pounds. . . 

 8-15 bushels.. 

 2-4 pounds . . . 

 3-5 pounds . . . 

 1.5-20 pounds. 

 13^-4 bushels. 



3 pecks 



1-3 bushels . 



30-48 



44 



30 



44 j 3^2—i pecks 



Number 



of Seeds, 



per pound. 



212,000 



22,500 

 23,000-35,000 



25,000 

 384.000 



112,000 

 208,000 



Depth 



to Cover, 



inches. 



1-2 



Yr-VA 



1^-2 y 2 



1-2M 

 1-2 



K-l 

 1-2 

 1-2 



13^-4 



1M-3 



1-3 

 1-3 

 1-214 



Y2-I 



y 2 -i 

 2-4 



M-i 



k-i 



M-i 



2-4 



1-2 



1^-3 



1-2 



* Roots. 



