GARDKX MANUAT. FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES 



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Seed Requisite to Produce a Given Number of Plants and So"w a 

 Given Amount of Ground Continued 



Quantity 

 Per Acre. 



Salsify, 1 oz. to 60 feet of drill 8 lbs 



Spinach, 1 oz. to 150 feet ©f drill 10 lbs 



Summer Savory, 1 oz. to 500 feet of 



drill 2 lbs 



Squash, summer, 1 oz. to 40 hills 2 lbs 



Squash, winter, 1 oz. to 10 hills 3 lbs 



Tomato, 1 oz. to 3000 plants 3 oz 



Tobacco, 1 oz. to 5000 plants 2 oz 



Quantity 

 Per Acre, 



Turnip, 1 oz. to 260 feet of drill • Ij lbs 



Vetches 2 bu 



Wheat 1 to 2 bu 



*The foregoing calculations are made for 

 sowing in spring; during the summer it re- 

 quires double the quantity to give the same 

 amount of plants. 



Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at Given 



Distances. 



Distance Apart. No. Plants. 

 i foot 174,240 



1 foot 43,560 



li feet : 19,360 



2 feet 10,890 



^i feet 6,969 



3 feet by 1 foot 14,520 



.3 feet bv 2 feet 7,260 



3 feet by 3 feet 4,840 



4 feet by 1 foot 10,888 



4. feet by 2 feet 5,444 



4 feet by 3 feet ■ 3,629 



4 feet by 4 feet 2,722 



5 feet by 5 feet 1,742 



Distance Apart. 



6 feet 



7 feet 



8 feet 



9 feet 



10 feet 



1 1 feet 



12 feet 



15 feet 



18 feet 



20 feet 



25 feet 



30 feet 



No. Plants, 



1,210 



889 



680 



573 



435 



360 



302 



193 



134 



108 



69 



Standard Weight of Seed. 



Per Bushel. 



Alfalfa Clover 60 lbs 



Alsike Clover 60 '* 



Barley 48 " 



Beans 60" 



Broom Corn 46 " 



Buckv/heat 48" 



Canary Seed 60 " 



Castor Beans 46 " 



Clover Seed, Red 60 " 



Clover Seed, White 60 " 



Clover Seed, Crimson 60 " 



Clover Seed, Japan 25 " 



Clover Seed, Burr, measured 7 " 



Corn, shelled, Adams 50 " 



Corn, she] led. Sugar, measured.. about 42 " 



Corn, shelled, Field 66 " 



Corn on ear 70 " 



Flaxseed - 56 " 



Grass Seed, English Rye 20 " 



Orass Seed, Italian Rj^e 20 " 



Grass Seed, Meadow Fescue 15 " 



Grass Seed, Orchard 14 " 



O.ass Seed, Kentucky Blue 14" 



Grass Seed, Timothy 45'* 



Grass Seed, Hungarian 48 *' 



Grass Seed, Johnson 



Grass Seed, Meadow Oat 



Grass Seed, Rescue 



Hemp Seed 



Irish Potatoes, Heaped measure. 



Millet, German and Italian 



Mustard 



Oats 



Osage Orange 



Onions 



Onion Sets - 



Peas, Cow 



Peas, English, smooth seed. 



Peas, English, wrinkled 



Rape Seed 



Rye, Texaa Seed 



Radish Seed 



Sweet Potatoes — 



Sorghum - 



Sunflower, Russian 



Teosinte - 



Turnip _ 



Wheat 



Vetch - 



Per Bushel. 



25 " 



14 " 



14 " 



44 '♦ 



- 60 " 



50 " 



58 " 



32 " 



33 " 



54 " 



32 " 



60 '• 



60 '* 



56 " 



50 '* 



56 " 



50 " 



56 '* 



50 " 



24 " 



50 " 



58 ** 



60 •* 



.. 60 " 



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