288 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



TABLE II.— Acreage of the Severai< Crops on New England 

 Farms, and Percentage of Land in Each Crop 



Tilled 

 land 



Approximate number of 

 acres^ in — 



Corn 



Other 

 cereals* 



Grass 



and 



clover 



Tillable land 



In other 

 cereals'^ 



In grass 

 and clO' 

 ver hay 



Jones 



Sanborn ■ ■ ■ 



Noyes 



Smith 



Chittenden 



Davis 



Holt 



Sadd ...... 



Wilson 



Ames 



Avery 



acres 



40 

 200 



18 



75 

 175 



28 



74 

 80 



65 

 16 

 18 



12 

 50 

 4-5 

 22 



58 

 6 

 25 

 30 

 16 



10 



ICO 



4-5 

 22 



17 



2 



20 



»i6 



14 



*i5o 



9 



31 



100 



20 



29 



50 



32 

 II 

 16 



per cent 

 3°- 



25- 

 25- 



30. 



32. 



21.5 



34- 



37-5 



25- 



II. 



per cent, 

 25- 



50. 



25- 



30. 



10. 

 7-5 

 25. 



25- 



25- 



per cent. 

 *35- 



25- 



5°- 

 40. 



58. 

 71- 

 31- 

 62.5 

 50- 

 '70. 



TABLE III.— Quantity of Seed Required and Dates of Planting 

 AND Harvesting for the Latitude of Concord, N. H.' 



Crop 



Quantity of 

 seed per acre 



Date of planting 



Date when fit 

 for soiling 



Date when 



fit for silage 



or hay 



Corn 



Oats 1 



Peas [■ mixed 



Barley J 



Barley 



Winter rye 



Winter wheat 1 „. , 

 Winter vetch I '"'^^'^ 

 Japanese millet . . . 

 Hungarian millet . 



Clover 



12 quarts 

 I bushel . 



1 bushel . 

 lyi bush. 

 3 bushels 

 3 bushels 



2 bushels 

 % bushel 

 30 pounds 

 30 pounds 



12 pounds 



May 18-25 . . 

 1 April 25 



J May 10 



July I 



Sept. 1-20 



>Sept. 1-20 



June 1-30 — 

 June 1-30 ... 



"I April 10-30 . 

 /August 1-25. 



August 10 

 July 5 



Sept. 10 



July 25 



Sept. 20. 

 June 10 



July 1-5 



Aug. 1-30 

 Aug. 1-30 



June 15 ; . . June 25-30 



September i 

 May 20 



June 10 



July 5-30 . . . 

 July 20 to 

 August 20 



' These figures are only approximate, for the acreages vary slightly from year to year. 

 - Includes either Japanese or Hungarian millet on a few farms. 



8 On the Jones and the Ames farms, respectively, a small area out of the tilled land is 

 used for potatoes. 



* Includes 50 acres of permanent pasture. 



6 On all except the Wilson farm other cereal crops than corn are used for hay or silage. 

 On the Wilson farm they are cut for grain. 



All corn raised is for silage except on the Avery farm, where corn is raised for grain, 

 and figures there apply only to winter feeding. 



' The dates given are for a normal season. For points to the north or south of 

 Concord or in higher altitudes some allowance needs to be made, but the differences will 

 be rather slight. 



