DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Quantity of Seed usually sown upon One Acre. 
(provided you have good seed.) 
Barley, broadcast .. 2% 
Beans, Dwarf, drills . 1 
44 Pole, hills . y A 
Beet, drills . 4 
Broam Corn, drills ..10 
Buckwheat, broadcast. . M 
Cabbage, in beds, to transplant. % 
Carrot, drills . 2 
Clover, Alsike . 6 
44 Lucerne, or Alfalfa . .. 8 
44 I^aree Red. . ... 8 
44 Medium Red . 8 
41 White Dutch.. . 6 
44 Crimson Trefoil . 10 
44 Bokhara ... 4 
Corn Salad ... . 5 
Corn, field, hills . . 6 
44 sweet 44 . . .... 8 
44 44 for fodder . .2 l A 
Cucumber, hills .4. i l /> 
Flax, broadcast... .. 
Grass, Kentucky Blue. 2 
44 Hungarian . % 
44 Millet .. 
44 Mixed lawn .. . 3 
44 Orchard . 2 
44 Perennial Rye. 2 
44 Red Top... 2 
44 Timothy. 12 
44 Fowl Meadow. 2 
44 Wood Meadow... 2 
Hemp. l /t 
Melon, Musk, hills. 2 
44 Water, 44 . \ X A 
lbs. 
U 
bu. 
lb 
lbs. 
qts. 
bu. 
lbs. 
bu. 
lbs. 
bu 
lbs. 
Oats 
broadcast 
1, drills . 
44 for sets. 
Peas, drills. 
4 ' broadcast 
Potatoes, hills.. 
Radish, drills. 
Rye broadcast. 
;c, drills ... 
Squash, hills. 
Sugar Cane, drills 
Tomato, in beds, 1 
Turnip, drills. .. 
Vetches, broadcasl 
Wheat, broadcast. 
44 drills.... 
lbs. 
- 2^ 
bu. 
5 
lbs. 
.30 
bu. 
. 8 
44 
14 
lbs. 
xfc 
bu. 
lb. 
. 8 
lbs. 
2 
44 
ozs. 
1 
lb. 
. 2 
bu. 
. 2 
lbs. 
’Clover, 
Timothy, 
Red Top, 
GRASS SEED, 
( Together ) 
■s for one V 
( acre. ) 
FOR MOWING. 
5 lbs. Clover 
5 lbs. or 
7 lbs. 
6 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 44 
44 Flint’s Extra Fine . 60 44 
Much larger quantities of Seed are required to 
make an elegant Lawn , than for other purposes. 
Dis. apart. 
% foot... 
xj 4 feet... 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
it 
*1 
ti 
44 
Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at given Distances. 
No. plants. 
....174,240 
- 43*560 
.... 19,360 
.... 10,890 
- 6,969 
.... 4,840 
.... 2,722 
.... 1,742 
.... 1,210 
889 
Dis. apart. 
8 feet. 
9 44 .... 
10 .... 
44 
20 
25 
3 ° 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
No. plants. 
.680 
. 573 
. 435 
360 
302 
193 
134 
108 
69 
49 
Weight of Various Articles in the State of Michigan. 
Barley. 
Beans. 
Buckwheat. 
Broom Corn. 
Blue Grass. 
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, heaping measure 
Millet. 
Malt. 
Oats. 
Osage Orange. 
Orchard Grass. 
per bush. 48 
60 
4“ 48 
46 
4 14 
44 20 
“ 46 
60 
44 56 
44 70 
44 50 
“ 50 
44 22 
44 80 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
40 
22 
28 
56 
44 
48 
60 
50 
33 
32 
33 
M 
lbs. 
Onions. 
Peas.... 
Plastering Hair. 
Rye. 
Red Top Seed. 
Sweet Potatoes. 
Timothy Seed. 
Turnips. 
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, 
Corn, shelled, 44 
Wheat, 
Oats, 
Potatoes, 
Sand, dry. 
Clay, compact. 
Marble, 
Seasoned Beech Wood, per cord. 
Seasoned Hickory, 
per bush. 54 lbs. 
44 60 44 
44 g 44 
44 56 44 
44 14 44 
: 56 
45 
: 58 : 
60 
.200 44 
.*96 44 
.200 
.280 44 
. 220 44 
. 4k 44 
. 22 4 
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. 25^“ 
. 38 M 44 
| :: 
.5,616 44 
.6,960 44 
