DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Quantity of Seed usually sown on One Acre. 
Barley (broadcast) . 
Beans, Dwarf . 
44 Pole...* . 
Beet (Garden) . 
44 (Mangle Wurzel) . 
Broom Corn. 
Buckwheat. 
Cabbage (in beds to transplant) 
Carrot, drills . 
Clover, Alsike. 
44 Lucerne. 
44 Large Red. 
44 Medium. 
44 White Dutch... 
44 Crimson Trefoil . 
44 Bokhara . 
Corn Salad . 
Corn, (Field) hills . 
44 (Sweet). 
44 drilled (for fodder) . 
Cucumber. 
Flax, broadcast . 
Grass, Blue, Kentucky. 
“ Blue, English . 
44 Hungarian . 
44 Millet.: . 
44 Mixed Lawn. 
44 Orchard. 
44 Perennial Rye . 
44 Red Top . 
44 Timothy . 
44 Fowl Meadow. 
44 Wood Meadow . 
Hemp . ... 
Melon, Musk, hills . 
(provided you have good seed.) 
. 2 Yi bu. 
iK “ 
y* 44 
x — lbs. 
8 
io 44 
X bu. 
6 
8 
8 
io 
6 
8 
4 “ 
5 
6 qts. 
8 
iK bu. 
x% lbs. 
>a bu. 
2 44 
1 44 
Y* 44 
y. 44 
3 
2 
2 “ 
, 2 44 
.12 lbs. 
2 bu. 
, 2 44 
>2 44 
i y* ibs. 
Melon, Water, hills . 
Mustard, broadcast . 
Oats, broadcast. 
Onion, drills . 
44 44 (for sets) . 
Parsnip, drills . 
Peas, drills. 
44 broadcast. 
Potatoes, hills. 
Radish, drills . 
Rye, broadcast. . 
Sage, in beds (to transplant) . 
Salsify; drills . 
Spinach, drills . 
Squash, hills . 
Sugar Cane, drills . 
Tomatoe, in beds (to transplant) 
Turnip, drills. 
Vetches, broadcast . 
Wheat, broadcast . 
44 drills . 
iK lbs. 
6 
2)2 bu. 
5 lbs. 
3 ° “ 
5 “ 
x% bu. 
8 lbs. 
xK bu. 
1 lb. 
8 lbs. 
10 44 
2K 44 
10 44 
2 ozs. 
xX lbs. 
2 bu. 
2 
iK 44 
GRASS SEED, FOR MOWING. 
Clover, ( Together 1 5 lbs. Clover, 6 lbs. 
Timothy, •< for one >5 lbs. or 
Red Top, ( acre. ) 7 lbs. Timothy, 6 lbs. 
GRASSES, FOR LAWNS. 
Blue Grass, alone . 3 bu. 
Red Top, alone . 3 44 
Perennial Rye Grass . 3 44 
Mixed Lawn, Central Park Mixture . 60 lbs. 
44 44 Flint’s Extra Fine . 60 44 
Muck larger quantities 0/ Seed are required to 
>nake att elegant Lawn than /or other purposes. 
Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at given Distances. 
Dis. apart. No. plants. 
y foot. 174,240 
1 " 43 , 56 o 
x% feet. 19,360 
2 44 10,890 
2>£ 44 6,969 
3 “ 4,840 
4 “ 2,722 
5 “ b 742 
6 44 1,210 
7 “ 889 
Dis. apart. No. plants. 
8 feet. 680 
9 “. 573 
10 . 435 
n * . 360 
12 44 . 3C2 
15 *. . 193 
18 44 .134 
20 4 108 
25 “. 69 
30 • ■ . 49 
Weight of Various Articles in the State of Michigan. 
Barley.. 
Beans. 
Buckwheat. . 
Broom Corn. 
Blue Grass, Kentucky. 
44 44 English. 
Bran. 
Castor Beans. 
Clover Seed. 
Corn, shelled. 
Corn, on ear. 
Corn Meal. 
Coarse Salt. 
Charcoal. 
Coal, Stone. 
Cranberries. 
Dried Apples. 
Dried Peaches.,. 
Flax Seed... 
Hemp Seed. . 
Hungarian Grass Seed._ 
Irish Potatoes, hearing measure 
Millet. 
Malt. 
Oats. .. 
Osage Orange . 
per bush. 48 lbs. 
60 44 
48 44 
46 44 
14 \ 
44 24 4 
44 20 4 
44 46 44 
60 44 
44 56 4 ; 
70 4 
50 “ 
“ 50 44 
22 44 
80 44 
40 44 
>• u 
22 
28 
. “ % “ 
48 “ 
60 “ 
“ 50 “ 
38 44 
“ 32 44 
“ 33 “ 
Orchard Grass . 
Onions . 
Peas .. 
Plastering H' ir . 
Rye,. . 
Red Top Seed . 
Sweet Potatoes . 
Timothy Seed . 
T urnips . 
Wheat. 
Beef and Pork, per bbl., net . 
Flour, per bbl., net . 
White Fish and Trout, net . 
Salt, per bbl . . 
Lime. 44 . 
Hay, well settled, per cubic foot. 
Corn, on cob, in bin, 44 
Com, shelled, 44 44 
Wheat, 
Oats, 
Potatoes, 44 44 
Sand, dry, 4 ' 
Clay, compact, 44 
Marble, 44 
Seasoned B-.ech Wood, per cord. 
Seasoned P kkory, 44 
per bush. 14 lbs 
14 54 44 
44 60 44 
44 8 “ 
44 56 44 
14 44 
44 56 44 
45 “ 
58 44 
44 60 44 
. 200 “ 
. 196 44 
. 200 4 4 
. 280 44 
. 220 44 
. 4V 1 
. 22 44 
- 45 “ 
. 48 44 
. 25>S 4 * 
. 38^“ 
. 95 \\ 
. 135 
•. 169 ;* 
.5*616 
.6,960 
