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Showing the Quantity of Vegetable Seeds required to 

 Sow an Acre. 



Beans, dwarf, in drills 2 bush. 



Beans, pole, in drills 10 to 12 qts. 



Beets, in drills 5 to 6 lbs. 



Cabbage, in beds, to transplant >a lb. 



Carrot, in drills 3 to 4 lbs. 



Corn.inhills 8 to 10 qts. 



Cucumber, in hills 2 to 3 lbs. 



Melon, Musk, in hills 2 to 3 lbs. 



Melon, Water, in hills 4 to 5 lbs. 



Onion, in drills 5 to 6 lbs. 



Onion (sets), in drills 6 to 12 bush. 



Parsnip, in drills 5 to 6 lbs. 



Peas, in drills 2 to 3 bush. 



Radish, in drills 9 to 10 lbs. 



Spinach, in drills 10 to 12 lbs. 



Squash (bush varieties), in hills 5 to 6 lbs. 



Squash (running varieties), in hills 3 to 4 lbs. 



Tomato (to transplant) ?4 lb. 



Turnip, in drills 1 to 2 lbs. 



Showing the Quantities of Vegetable Seeds required for 

 a given number of Plants, number of Hills, or 

 Length of Drill. 



Asparagus, 1 ounce 60 feet of drill. 



Beet, 1 ounce 50 feet of drill. 



Beans, dwarf, 1 quart 100 feet of drill. 



Beans, pole, 1 quart 150 hills. 



Carrot, 1 ounce 150 feet of drill. 



Cucumber, 1 ounce 50 hills. 



Corn, 1 quart 200 hills. 



Melon, Water, 1 ounce 30 hills. 



Melon, Musk, 1 ounce GO hills. 



Onion, 1 ounce 100 feet of drill. 



Onion, sets, 1 quart 40 feet of drill. 



Parsley, 1 ounce 150 feet of drill. 



Parsnip, lounce 200 feet of drill. 



Peas, 1 quart 75 feet of drill. 



Radish, 1 ounce 100 feet of drill. 



Spinach, 1 ounce 100 feet of drill. 



Squash, Early, 1 ounce 50 hills. 



Turnip, 1 ounce 150 feet of drill. 



Cabbage, 1 ounce 1, 500 plants. 



Cauliflower, 1 ounce 1,000 plants. 



Celery, 1 ounce 2,000 plants. 



Egg Plant, 1 ounce 1,000 plants. 



Lettuce, 1 ounce 3,000 plants. 



Tomato, 1 ounce 1, 500 plants. 



Showing the Quantity of Farm Seeds required to Sow an Acre. 



Winter Wheat, broadcast 2 to 2 Hi bush. 



drilled ltolK " 



Spring 'Wheat, broadcast Vi to 3 - " 



" drilled \}i to 2 " 



Barley, broadcast 2 to 2>^ " 



drilled l,'ito2 " 



Oats, broadcast •. 3 to 4 



" drilled 2 to 2% " 



Rye, broadcast 2 



" drilled 1 to IX " 



Orchard Grass (if sown alone, though it 



never should be sown except in mixture). . :) to 4 

 Timothy or Herds Grass (when sown with grain 

 in the fall, to be followed with clover in the 



spring) 12 to 15 qts. 



Timothy, without Clover 16 to 18 qts. 



Red Top, or Brown Top, broadcast ' 3 bush. 



Blue Grass, broadcast 2 " 



Hungarian Millet 1 " 



Golden Millet 1 'i " 



Red Clover, broadcast, after Timothy in the 



spring 10 to 12 qts. 



Red Clover, without other Grasses in the spring. 15 to 18 qts. 



Lucerne, or Alfalfa, broadcast 15 to 20 lbs. 



drilled 10 lbs. 



White Clover, broadcast 8 " 



Field Corn, in hills, small varieties 5 to 6 qts. 



" " large " 6to8qts. 



for fodder, sown in drills 3}i feet 



wide and 1 foot apart 2 bush. 



Oats and Peas, when sown together for fodder. .2 bush, of each. 

 Beets and Mangels, in drills always, 30 inches 



apart 6 to 7 lbs. 



Carrots, in drills always, 24 inches apart 2 to 3 lbs. 



Turnips and Ruta Bagas, in drills 30 in. apart. .2 lbs. 



Parsnips, in drills, 2 feet apart 6 to 8 lbs. 



Beans, in drills, 2 1 .. feet apart 2 bush. 



Peas, planted alone without any mixture, in 



drills 3 feet apart 3 bush. 



Potatoes, in drills 3 feet apart 12 to 14 bush. 



* The above carefully prepared Tables are taken from our new Farm Book, -How the Farm Pays.' 



