DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Quantity of Seed usually sown upon One Acre. 

 (provided Yoi; have good seed.) 



Barle3% broadcast 2^ 



Beans, Dwarf, drills i 



Pole, hills li 



Beet, drills 4 



Broom Corn, drills 10 



Buckwheat, broadcast % 



Cabbage, in beds, to transplant '^/i 



Carrot, drills ... 2 



Clover, Alsike 6 



" Lucerne, or Alfalfa 8 



" Large Red 8 



" Medium Red 8 



White Dutch 6 



" Crimson Trefoil 10 



" Bokhara 4 



Com Salad 5 



Corn, field, hills 6 



'■ sweet '* .... 8 



" " for fodder . . 2% 



Cucumber, hills i/4 



Flax, broadcast. % 



Grass. Kentucky Blue 2 



Hungarian K 



'• Millet % 



" Mixed Lawn 3 



" Orchard 2 



" Perennial Rye 2 



" Red Top 2 



" Timothy 12 



" Fowl Meadow 2 



" Wood Meadow 2 



Hemp % 



Melon, Musk, hills 2 



Water, " iK 



qts. 



bu. 

 lbs. 

 bu. 



lbs. 



Mustard, broadcast 6 



Oats, broadcast 2% 



Onion, drills 5 



" " for sets 30 



Parsnip, drills 5 



Peas, drills i^ 



'■ broadcast 3 



Potatoes, hills 8 



Radish, drills 8 



Rye broadcast j% 



Sage, in beds, to transplant i 



Salsify, drills 8 



Spinage, drills 10 



Squash, hills 2 



Sugar Cane, drills 10 



Tomato, in beds, to transplant 2 



Turnip, drills. i 



Vetches, broadcast 2 



Wheat, broadcast 2 



bu. 



drills 



^Yz 



lbs. 

 lbs. 



bu. 



GRASS SEED, FOR MOWING. 



"Clover, ( Together 1 5 lbs. Clover, 



Timothy, •< for one >■ 5 lbs. or 



Red Top, f acre. ) 7 lbs. Timothy, 



GRASSES, FOR LAWNS. 



Blue Grass, alone 3 



Red Top. alone 3 " 



Perennial Rye Grass 3 " 



Mi.xed Lawn, Central Park Mixture 60 " 



" " Flint's Extra Fine 60 " 



Much larger quantities of Seed are required to 

 make an elegant Lawn, than /or other purposes. 



Ntunber of Plants or Trees to the Acre at given Distances. 



Dis. apart. No. plants. 



Yz foot 174,240 



I '■ 43^56o 



ij4 feet 



^Yz 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



19,360 

 10.890 

 6,969 

 4,840 



1,742 

 1,210 



Dis. apart. 

 8 feet 



No. plants. 



680 



573 



435 



360 



302 



193 



134 



108 



69 



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"Weight of Various Articles in the State of Michig-an. 



Barley per bush. 



Beans " 



Buckwheat " 



Broom Com " 



Blue Grass " 



Bran " 



Castor Beans " 



Clover'Seed " 



Com, shelled " 



Com, on ear " 



Corn Meal " 



Coarse Salt " 



Charcoal " 



Coal. Stone " 



Cranberries " 



Dried Apples " 



Dried Peaches " 



Flax Seed " 



Hemp Seed " 



Hungarian Grass Seed " 



Irish Potatoes, heaping measure " 



Millet 



Malt 



Oats 



Osage Orange " 



Orchard Grass "■ 



48 lbs. 



60 " 



48 " 



46 - 



14 '' 



20 " 



46 •' 



60 •• 



56 " 



70 " 



50 " 



Onions per bush. 54 lbs. 



Peas " 60 " 



Plastering Hair " 8 " 



Rye " 56 '^ 



Red Top Seed " 14 " 



Sweet Potatoes " 56 " 



Timothy Seed " 45 " 



Turnips " 58 ^ 



Wheat '■' 60 " 



Beef and Pork, per bbl., net 200 " 



Flour, per bbl. , net 196 " 



White Fish and Trout, net 200 " 



Salt, per bbl 280 " 



Lime, " 



Hay, well settled, per cubic foot , 



Corn, on cob, in bin, " 



Corn, shelled, ''■ '' 



Wheat, " " 



Oats, " " 



Potatoes, '^ "■ 38; 



Sand, dry, " 95 



Clay, compact, " 135 



Marble, " 169 



Seasoned Beech Wood, per cord 5,616 



Seasoned Hickory, " 6,960 



220 



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