TABLES AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION. 
Seeds required to Sow a Statute Acre. 
Per Acre. 
Barley 3 bush. 
Beans 3 to 4 bush. 
Buckwheat 2 to 3 bush. 
Broom 20 lb. 
Cabbage 2 lb. 
Carrot 7 to 8 lb. 
Clover, alone 16 lb. 
Clover, with Rye-Grass, 
10 to 14 lb. 
Clovers and Grasses mixed 
for permanent pasture, 
36 to 40 lb. 
Crimson Clover 20 to 24 lb. 
Furze or Gorse ...20 to 24 lb. 
Kohl Rabi (to transplant), 
2 to 3 lb. 
Kohl Rabi (in drills) ...41b. 
Lawn Grass Mixture, 
60 to 80 lb. 
Linseed, for Flax ...2J bush. 
Linseed, for Seed ...ij bush. 
Per Acre. 
Lucerne 16 to 20 lb. 
Mangel-Wurzel ...6 to 8 lb. 
Mustard 20 lb. 
Oats 4 bush. 
Parsley, with other Seeds, 
2 lb. 
Parsnip 6 to 8 lb. 
Peas 4 bush. 
Potatoes 12 to 15 cwt. 
Rape 12 to 16 lb. 
Rye 4 bush. 
Rye Grass, alone 3 bush. 
Rye Grass, with Clover, 
1 to 1) bush. 
Sainfoin 4 bush. 
Swede 4 lb. 
Turnip 3 lb. 
Vetches 3 , to 4 bush. 
Wheat, broadcast ...3 bush. 
Wheat, drilled... i to ij bush. 
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Useful Table of Land Measure. 
The Statute acre is 5J yards square to the 
(30J square yards), and contains 4,840 yards. 
rod 
The Lancashire acre is 7 yards square to the rod 
(49 square yards), and contains 7,840 yards. 
The Cheshire acre is 8 yards square to the rod 
(64 square yards), and contains 10,240 yards. 
Roughly estimated, i£ Statute acres are nearly 
equal to a Lancashire, and 2 Statute acres nearly equal 
to a Cheshire acre. 
Dry Measure. 
This is based on the Imperial gallon, and is used for 
measuring grain, fruit, and other dry goods. 
4 gills = 1 pint 
2 pints - 1 quart 
2 quarts = 1 pottle 
2 pottles = 1 gallon 
2 gallons = 1 peck 
4 pecks = 1 bushel 
2 bushels = 1 strike 
4 bushels = r coomb 
8 bushels = 1 quarter 
5 quarters = 1 weigh 
2 weighs (10 quarters) 
= 1 last 
A sack of flour contains 5 bushels, and weighs 280 
lb. A barrel of American flour weighs 196 lbs. Eight 
bushels of wheat grind to 6 bushels of bolted flour ; 1 of 
coarse flour, 2 of pollard, and 4 of bran. A sack of 3 
bushels of potatoes in the London markets, which is 
considered the standard, should weigh 168 lb. 
Land Measure. 
Land, or any surface of considerable extent, having 
length and breadth, is measured by Gunter’s chain, 
which consists of 100 links, measuring 66 ft. = 22 yards = 
4 poles in length. 
62,726 sq. inches= t sq. link 
2,295 sq. links = 1 sq. foot 
20,661 sq. links — I sq. yard 
625 sq. links = 1 sq. pole 
or perch 
40 sq. poles (perches) 
= 1 sq. rood 
4 sq. roods (4,840 yds) 
= 1 sq. acre 
10 sq. chains ... = 1 sq. acre 
CONTENTS. 
Birdsfoot Trefoil... 
Broom ... ... 
Buckwheat 
Burnet 
Business Notices 
Chicory ... 
Clovers, their Habits and Requirements 
Clovers ... 
Cabbage, Field 
Carrot, Field 
Comfrey, Prickly 
Crimson Clover ... 
Dry Measure 
Farmers’ Collections Vegetable and Flower Seeds 
Furze, Gorse or Whin ... 
Grass and Clover Seeds for Rotation Cropping 
„ ,, for Permanent Pasture 
” ,, ,, for Renovating 
Grasses for Lawns 
Karswood Seed Germinator 
Kidney Vetch ... 
Kohl Rabi 
Land Measure ... 
Linseed or Flax 
Lucerne ... 
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Mangel Wurzel ... 
Miscellaneous Forage Plants . . . 
Mustard ... 
Natural Grasses... 
Notes on the Seed Harvest 
Nursery Department 
Polygonum Sachalinense 
Parsnip, Field 
Parsley, Field 
Quantity of Seeds per Statute Acre 
Rape, Sowing 
Ribgrass ... 
Ryegrass, Italian 
,, Perennial 
Sainfoin ... 
Seed Drill, Le Butt’s 
Suckling Clover 
Sunflower 
Tares, or Vetches 
Turnip, Swedes 
„ Yellow-Fleshed ... 
,, White-Fleshed ... ... 
„ Late Sowing 
Trial Orders respectfully solicited. 
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