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half an ounce of leek seed will sow six square yards ; an ounce 
of carrot seed will sow ten square yards ; an ounce of parsnip 
seed will sow twelve square yards ; half an ounce of cabbage, 
broccoli, or cauliflower seed, will sow from three to four 
square yards. 
The quantity of seed usually sown broadcast, per acre, is as 
follows.: — 
Beans, D to 3 bushels. 
Peas, 2>tf to 3X bushels. 
Mustard, 8 to 20 uuarts. 
Flat Turnip, -. 2 to 3 lbi. 
The following table shows the quantity of seeds commonly 
sown to an acre, in rows or drills : — 
Beans, ltf to 2 bushels. 
Peas, IX to 2 bushels. 
Potatoes 3 to 25 bushobi. 
Onions, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Carrots, 2 to 2>tf lbs. 
Parsnips, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Beets, 4 to 6 lbs. 
EIGHT-ROWEB YELLOW CORN. 
Distance of bills snarl. 
Uiwntity roiiiuivl, 
4 sr.: Ii> II bill. 
Quantity mquiraJ, 
5 grs.toibiU. 
Feat, FMt. 
3 bT 2 
3 3 
3>tf " 3 
3tf " 3Jtf 
4 " 3 
4 « 3X 
4 " 4 
Quarts. 
14 
0 
8 
Quarts, 
18 
12 
10 
8 
0 
7 
0 
7 
7 
0 
3 
Periods of Sowing. 
It has long been observed that Nature, in her operations, is 
so uniform that at the periods in which certain trees unfold 
their flowers and leaves, is nn unerring indication of the for- 
wardness of spring; and that the time at which our common 
cultivated fruit trees put forth, with few exceptions, is the 
proper season for sowing gardens in open culture. Thus the 
following table will serve as a guide for some of the principal 
place 1 * in the Union : — 
