Quantity of Seed 125 



! Buckwheat J^ bushel. 

 Oats 1 bushel. 

 Rye 1 , bushel. 



^ (Oats 1}4 bushels. 



' ( Clover 16 pounds. 



- (Buckwheat ^ bushel. 



'JOats 1 bushel. 



g iOats IJ^ bushels. 



" } Rye 1 bushel. 



Many combinations may be made of the plants hsted above, to 

 meet special conditions; for rather hard lands that need both humus 

 and nitrogen, a suggested combination is buckwheat or cowhom 

 turnip, rye, Canada peas or vetch; or a leguminous crop may be 

 added to 3, 5 or 6 above. 



Other successful mixtures are reported in Delaware by Close 

 (Bull. No. 60), as foUows: 



^Hairy vetch 40 pounds. 



(Rye 30 pounds. 



S Hairy vetch. .'. 20 pounds. 

 Cowpeas or soybeans 45 pounds. 



„ ( Hairy vetch 20 pounds. 



/ Turnips 12 ounces. 



( Hairy vetch 20 pounds. 



I Mammoth clover 8 pounds. 



! Turnips 8 ounces. 

 Rye 20 pounds. 

 Mammoth clover 4 pounds. 



( Tiumps 12 pounds. 



( Soybeans or cowpeas 40 pounds. 



7. < Rape "4 pounds. 



_/ Rye 1 bushel. 



!Rape 4 pounds. 

 Soybeans or cowpeas 40 pounds. 

 Rye 20 pounds. 



Weights of the seeds of cover-plants. 



Following are the customary seedsmen's weights to the bushel 

 some of the seeds contained in the above Usts (Edgar Brown) : 



