Quantity of Seed Required to Sow an Acre of Ground. 
Pounds. 
Grass, Timothy 
Grass, Mesquit, in the chaff 
Grass, Hungarian 
Grass, Millet 
Grass, Mixed Lawn 
A much iarger quantity of seed is re- 
quired to make a close, fine iawn than for 
other purpose. 
Grass, mixture for mowing 1 Clover 
or grazing > Timothy 
) Redtop 
Grass, Kentucky Blue, for pasture 
Grass, Kentucky Blue, for lawn 
Grass, Orchard 
Grass, English or Australian Eye, for 
meadow 
Grass. English or Australian Bye, for 
lawn 
Grass, Italian Bye 
Grass, Kedtop 
Alfalfa or Lucerne 20 to 25 
Clover, Red alone — broadcast 15 to 20 
Clover, White alone— broadcast 12 
Clover, Alsike, broadcast 10 
Barley— broadcast 126 to 150 
75 
80 to 40 
SO 
Oats — broadcast 
Rye — broadcast 
Wheat — broadcast. . . 
Wheat— Drills 
Corn, Sweet or Field- 
Corn, to cut green 
broadcast 
-hills 
for fodder — drills 
80 
100 
125 
90 
15 
150 
„ Pounds. 
Vetches— broadcast 150 
Hemp— broadcast . 40 to 50 
Fla.x, when wanted for the seed 50 
Flax, when wanted for the fiber 80 
Beans, Dwarf or Bush— hills or drills 80 
Beans, tailor pole— hills 20 
Beets— drills 5 to 6 
Broom Corn— drills 15 
Buckwheat— broadcast 45 
Cabbage, in beds to cover an acre after 
transplanting .* j 
Carrots — drills - to 4 
Melon, Water — hills 2 to 8 
Melon, Cantaloupe — hills 4 
Onions, black seed — drills 5 to 6 
Onions, top set— drills 200 
Onions, blacK seed, tor bottom sets. 40 
Parsnips — drills g 
Peas — drills too 
Peas — broadcast jgo 
Potatoes— hills 500 to 600 
Pumpkins — hills 5 
Radishes- drills g 
Sage — drills g 
Spinach — drills j.y 
Squash, bush varieties — hills 5 
Squash, running varieties- hills 3 
Tomato, in beds to transplant y 
Turnip and Rutabaga — drills H 
Turnip and Rutabaga — broadcast s 
Cucumber — hills 2 
Quantity of Seed Required to Produce a Given Number of Plants, or Sow 
Certain Quantity of Ground. 
Artichoke 1 oz. to 500 plants 
Asparagus 1 02. to 60 feet of drill of 500 plants 
Beans, dwarf 1 b. to 50 feet of drill 
Beans, tall 1 .. lb. to 75 hills 
Beet 1 02. to 50 feet of drill 
Broccoli 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Brussels Sprouts 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Cabbage 1 oz, to 2,000 plants 
Carrots 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Cauliflower 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Celery 1 oz. to 3,C00 plants 
Chicory 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Corn 1 lb. to 100 hills 
Cress 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Cucumber 1 oz. to 75 hills 
Egg Plant 1 oz. to 1,000 plants 
Endive 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill or 8,000 plants 
Kale 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Kohl Rabi 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Leek 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Lettuce 1 oz. to 3,000 plants 
Melon, Water 1. oz. to50 hills 
Melon, Musk 1 oz. to 50 hills 
Okra 1 oz. to 50 feet of drill 
Onion seed 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Onion, top set 1 lb to 20 feet of drill 
Parsnips 1 oz. to 200 feet of drill 
Parsley 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Peas I lb. to 50 feet of drill 
Pepper 1 oz. to 1,000 plants 
Pumpkin 1 oz. to 40 hills 
Radish 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Salsify 1 oz. to 70 feet of drill 
Sage 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Spinach 1 oz to 100 feet of drill 
Squash, early 1 02. to 50 hills 
Squash, winicr 1 oz. to 10 hills 
Tomato ] oz to 8,000 plants 
Tobaco ... 1 oz. to 10,000 plants 
Table Showing Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at Given Distances. 
Dis. apart 
No. 
each way. 
PlaoU. 
i foot 
1 foot 
48,560 
Ij feet 
.... 19,860 
2 feet 
.... 10,890 
2i feet 
.... 9,696 
Di8. apart 
No. 
each way. 
Plants. 
3 feet 
4 feet 
5 feet 
6 feet 
. .. 1,210 
7 feet 
Di 8. apart No. 
each way. 
Plants. 
8 
feet 
9 
feet 
10 
feet 
435 
11 
feet 
360 
12 
feet 
Dis. apart 
No. 
each way. 
Plants. 
15 
feet 
193 
18 
feet 
134 
20 
feet 
108 
25 
feet 
69 
30 
feet 
48 
Role.— Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the disUnce the plants are apart in the rows, 
and the product will be the number of square feet for each planter hill, which, divided into the number of 
feet in an acre (43,560), will give the number of plants or trees to the acre. 
