GARDEN' MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN' STATES. 



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Seed ^Requisite to Produce a Given Number of Plants and Sow 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 of 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 1| 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 



Distances. 



Given 



Distance Apart. No. Plants. 

 4 foot 174,240 



1 foot 43,560 



U feet 19,360 



2 feet 10,890 



2ifeet - 6,969 



3 feet by 1. foot 14,520 



3 feet by 2 feet 7,260 



3 feet bv 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 bv 4 feet 2,722 



5 feet by 5 feet 1,742 



Distance Apart. No. Plants. 

 6 feet 1,210 



7 feet. 



8 feet 



9 feet 



10 feet 



1 1 feet 



12 feet. 

 15 feet. 

 18 feet. 

 20 feet 

 25 feet 

 30 feet. 



889 

 680 

 573 

 435 

 360 

 302 

 193 

 134 

 108 



Standard Weight of Seed. 





Per Bushel. 



Alfalfa Clover 



60 lbs 



Alsike Clover 



60 " 



Barley 



48 " 



Beans 



60 " 



Broom Corn 



46 " 



Buckwheat ... 



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 



8 " 



Corn, shelled, Adams 



50 " 



Corn, shelled, Sugar, measured. 



.about 42 " 



Corn, shelled, Field 



56 " 





70 " 



Flax Seed 



56 " 



Grass Seed, English Rve 



20 " 



Grass Seed, Italian Rve 



20 " 



Grass Seed, Meadow Fescue 



15 " 



Grass Seed, Orchard 



14 " 



G.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 



Radish Seed 



Sweet Potatoes - 



Sorghum 



Sunflower, Russian 



Per 



Bushel. 

 25 " 

 14 " 

 14 " 

 44- " 

 60 " 

 50 " 

 58 " 



32 " 



33 " 

 54 " 

 36 " 

 60 " 

 60 " 

 56 " 

 50 " 

 56 " 

 50 " 

 56 " 

 50 " 

 24 " 



Teosinte 50 



Turnip _ 58 



Wheat 60 



Vetch - 60 



Hammars and Anvils for Beating French Blades. 



