DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Quantity of Seed usually sown on One Acre. 



^PKO* ii'El 



Barley (broadcast) aj^ bu. 



Beans, Dwarf iH " 



Pok ^ " 



Beet (Garden; i= lbs. 



'• (Mangle Wurzel) 8 ^^ 



Broom Com lo 



Buckwheat >2 bu. 



Cabbage (in beds to transplant) /^ lb. 



Carrot, drills 2^-2 ** 



Clover, Alsike 6 



Lucerne 8 



Large Red 8 



Medium 10 



White Dutch. 6 



Crimson Trefoil 8 



" Bokhara 4 " 



Com Salad 5 



Com, (Field) hills 6 qts. 



" (Sweet) 8 



" drilled (for fodder) i}i bu. 



Cucumber iK lbs. 



Rax, broadcast H bu. 



Grass, Blue, Kentucky 2 '' 



Blue, English i " 



K ungarian ki " 



Millet a " 



Mixed Lawn 3 



Orchard 2 " 



Perennial Rye 2 *' 



Red Top 2 " 



Tim.othy 12 lbs. 



Fowl Meadow 2 bu. 



Wood Meadow 2 *' 



Hemp }4 " 



Melon, Musk, hUls i>2 lbs. 



HAVE i.,Oi.JU >r:KL>.> 



Melon, Water, hills. . ; iK lbs. 



M ustard, broadcast 6 



Oats, broadcast 2^ bu. 



Onion, drills 5 lbs. 



" " (for sets) 30 



Parsnip, drills 5 



Peas, drills i>2 bu. 



" broadcast 3 " 



Potatoes, hills 8 " 



Radish, drills 8 lbs. 



Rye, broadcast iK bu. 



Sage, in beds (to transplant) i lb. 



Salsify; drills .• 8 lbs. 



Spinach, drills 10 '* 



Squash, hills 2K '* 



Sugar Cane, drills 10 



Tomatoe, in beds (to transplant) 2 ozs. 



Turnip, drills ij^ lbs. 



Vetches, broadcast 



Wheat, broadcast. 



drills 



bu. 



i^ 



Clover, \ 

 Timothy, < 

 Red Top, I 



6 lbs. 



GRASS SEED, FOR MOWING. 



Together j 5 lbs. Clover, 



for one >■ 5 lbs. or 

 acre. ) 7 lbs. Timothy, 6 Ibc. 



GR.A.S6ES, FOR LAWNS. 



Blue Grass, alone , .• 3 bu. 



Red Top, alone 3 " 



Perennial Rye Grass 3 " 



Mixed Lawn, Central Park Mixture 60 lbs. 



" " Flint's Extra Fine \ 60 " 



Much larger quantities 0/ Seed are required to 

 make an elegant Lawn than for other purposes. 



Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at g-iven Distances. 



Dis. apart. Xo. plants. 

 /^ foot 174,240 



1 " 43.560 



iH' feet 19,360 



2 " io,8qo 



■2%. " 6,969 



5 • " 4,840 



4 " 2,722 



5 " 1,742 



6 " 1,210 



Dis. apart. Xo. plants. 



% feet 680 



9 " 573 



10 " 435 



11 " 360 



12 " 302 



15 " 193 



18 '^ 134 



20 " 108 



25 " 69 



30 " 49 



Weight of Various Articles in the State of Silichigan.. 



Barley 



Beans 



Buckwheat 



Broom Com 



Blue Grass, Kentucky 



" " English 



Bran 



Castor Beans 



Clover Seed 



Cora, shelled 



Com , on ear 



Com Meal 



Coarse Salt 



Charcoal 



Coal, Stone 



Cranberries 



Dried Apples 



Dried Peaches 



Flax Seed 



Hemp Seed 



Hungarian Grass Seed . . . . 



Irish Potatoes, heading measure 



Millet 



Malt 



Oats 



Cteage Orange 



.per bush. 



48 lbs. ! Orchard Grass per bush. 14 lbs. 



60 " ! Onions " 54 " 



48 " ' Peas " 60 " 



46 " j Plastering Hr.ir " 8 " 



14 " i Rye " 56 " 



24 " Red Top Seed " 14 '" 



20 "■ Sv.eet Potatoes '* 56 " 



46 " Timothy Seed " 45 " 



60 " Turnips *" 58 " 



56 " Wheat " 60 •• 



70 " Beef and Pork, per bbl., net 200 "■ 



50 " Flour, per bbl., net 106 "' 



50 " White Fish and Trout, net 200 " 



22 *' I Salt, per bbl 280 '" 



80 " i Lime, " 



40 " j Hay, well settled, per cubic foot 



22 " I Corn, on cob, in bin, " , 



28 I Corn, shelled, " " 



b6 " Wheat, " '* 



44 " Oats, " " 



48 '* Potatoes, " " 



60 " Sand, dry, " •. 



50 " Clav, compact, " 



38 " Marble, ^ " 



32 ** Seasoned B-ech Wood, per cord .5,616 



33 " Seasoned E 'vkory, " 6,960 



220 

 4^2" 

 22 '■ 



45 " 



48 " 



25>^" 



38 >r' 

 95 '* 



