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Table III. — Weight per Bushel, Seeding Rate per Acre, Number op Seeds 

 per Pound and Depth to Cover Farm Seeds. 



Crop. 



Grasses. 



Bermuda 



Canada blue 



Creeping bent 



Crested dog's tail 



Erect brome 



Fowl meadow 



Hard fescue 



Italian rye 



Johnson 



Kentucky blue 



Ckleadow fescue 



Meadow foxtail 



Orchard 



Perennial rye 



Redtop 



Reed canary 



Rough stalked meadow 



Sheep's fescue 



Smooth brome 



Sweet vernal 



Tall meadow fescue 



Tall meadow oat 



Timothy 



Velvet 



Yellow oat 



Legumes. 



Alfalfa 



Alsike clover 



Bird's foot trefoil 



Bur clover 



Common vetch 



Cowpeas 



Crimson clover 



Field peas 



Garden peas 



Hairy vetch 



Horse bean 



Japan clover 



Kidney beans 



Kidney vetch 



Red clover 



Soy beans 



Sweet clover 



Velvet beans 



White clover 



White lupine 



Yellow trefoil 



Annual Forage Crops 

 Barnyard millet, Japanese . . 

 Broom corn millet 



Weight per 

 Bushel, 

 pounds. 



36 



14-20 



16-20 



26-30 



14-15 



12-15 



10 



17-24 



28 



6-28 

 12-28 



6-14 

 12-21 

 18-30 

 12-40 

 14-48 

 12-28 

 12-28 

 12-14 



6-15 

 14-25 



7-14 

 44-50 



6-7 

 12-14 



60-63 



60-66 



60 



60 



60 



60 



60 



52-68 



60 



60 



56 



25 



60 



60-64 



60-64 



60 



60 



60-63 

 50-60 

 64-66 



35 

 60 



Rate of 

 Seeding. 



5 pecks . . . 

 15 pounds. 



4-6 pecks . 

 30 pounds. 



30 pounds.. . . 

 4-6 pecks .... 



25 pounds. .. . 

 12-15 pounds. 



40 pounds 



20 pounds 



30 pounds 



12-15 pounds. 

 20-25 pounds. 



26 pounds. . . . 



30 pounds 



15-20 pounds. 

 30 pounds. . . . 

 12-20 pounds. 

 30-40 pounds. 

 15 pounds. . . . 

 20 pounds. . . . 

 30 pounds.. . . 



15-25 pounds. . 



4-8 pounds 



11 pounds 



15 pounds 



60 pounds 



4-6 pecks 



12-15 pounds. . 

 2H-33^bushels 



3 bushels 



40-60 pounds. 



4 bushels 



15-25 pounds. 



18-22 pounds.. 

 8-14 pounds. . . 



2-3 pecks 



2-4 pecks 



2-6 pecks 



3-6 pounds 



1 J4-2 bushels.. 

 4-6 pounds 



1-2 pecks . 

 2-4 pecks , 



Number 



of Seeds 



per Pound. 



180,000 



2,583,000 



8,000,000 



897,000 



162,000 



578,000 

 275,000 



2,637,000 



264,000 



769,000 



457,000 



280,000 



4,135,000 



632,000 



2,706,000 



802,000 



120,000 



837,000 



246,000 



151,000 



1,146,000 



1,268,000 



1,540,000 



210,000 

 692,000 

 367,000 



129,000 

 2,400-4,000 

 800-2,400 

 75,000 



370,000 

 3,200Ht,000 

 169,000 

 304,000 

 2,000-7,000 



739,000 

 305,666 



212,000 

 212,000 



Depth 



to Cover, 



inches. 



a-a 



H-K 

 Vr-l 



X 

 H-H 



X~H 



H 



X 



X 



X-Y 2 



X 

 X 

 M-i 



X 



X 



X~X 



X 



X-Yi 



X 



Y* 



XrX. 



J4-1 



1-2 

 1-3 



1-2 



Jfr-iH 



X 



1-2 



Yr-l 



M 

 1-2 



XrYi 



M-iM 



