Seeds or Plants 
Required for 
Depth of 
100 Feet of Row 
Planting 
Asparagus, seed .... 
1 ounce 
1 to 2 ill. 
Asparagus, plants .. 
(>0 to 80 plants 
3 to 5 in. 
Beans, bush . 
1 to 2 in. 
Beans, pole . 
1 to 2 in. 
Beets . 
1 in. 
Brussels Sprouts . . . 
54 ounce 
54 in. 
Cabbage, early . 
V 2 in. 
Cabbage, late . 
54 in. 
Carrot . 
54 in. 
Cauliflower . 
Ft ounce 
Vi in. 
Celeriac . 
A in. 
Celery . 
% in. 
Chicory . 
54 in. 
Citron . 
1 to 2 in. 
Collards . 
54 ounce 
V 2 in. 
Corn Salad . 
2 ounces 
54 to 1 in 
Corn, sweet . 
ki pint 
1 to 2 in. 
Cress, upland . 
1 2 to 1 in 
Cucumber . 
54 ounce 
1 in. 
Dandelion . 
Ft ounce 
V 2 in. 
Egg Plant . 
1/3 ounce 
V 2 in. 
Endive . 
1 ounce 
54 in. 
Horse Radish . 
70 roots 
3 to 4 in. 
Kale or Borecole ... 
Ft ounce 
Z 2 in. 
Kohl-Rabi . 
. .. 54 ounce 
y 2 in. 
Seeds or Plants 
Required for 
Depth of 
100 Feet of Row 
Planting 
Leek. 
54 ounce 
1 in. 
Lettuce . 
y 2 ounce 
54 in. 
Melon, musk melon ... 
54 ounce 
1 in. 
Melon, watermelon .. ., 
1 ounce 
1 to 2 in. 
Mustard . 
Ft ounce 
Ft in. 
New Zealand Spinach 
1 ounce 
1 to 2 in. 
Okra, or Gumbo . 
2 ounces 
1 to 2 in. 
Onion seed . 
1 ounce 
54 to 1 in. 
Onion, sets . 
1 qt. of sets 
1 to 2 in. 
Parsley. 
Ft ounce 
A. in. 
Parsnip . 
. / 2 ounce 
y 2 to 1 in. 
Peas. 
1 to 2 pints 
2 to 3 in. 
Pepper . 
A ounce 
54 in. 
Potato, Irish . 
. S lbs. 
4 in. 
Potato, sweet . 
75 slips 
3 in. 
Pumpkin . 
54 ounce 
1 to 2 in. 
Radish . 
1 ounce 
y 2 to 1 in. 
Rhubarb, seed. 
54 ounce 
to 1 in. 
Rutabaga . 
Ft ounce 
54 to 1 in. 
Salsify . 
1 ounce 
54 to 1 in. 
Spinach . 
1 ounce 
1 in. 
Squash, bush . 
y 2 ounce 
1 to 2 in. 
T omato . 
A ounce 
T 4 to 1 in. 
Turnip . 
y 2 ounce 
Ft to y 2 in 
A Table Showing the Number of Pounds per Bushel, Quantity Usually 
Sown per Acre 
Lbs. per Quantity usually 
bushel sown per acre 
Lbs. per Quantity usually 
bushel sown per acre 
Barley, broadcast . 
Beans, dwarf, in hills . 
Beans, pole, in hills . 
Beans, Soja, in drills for Hay 
or Silo . 
Beets, in drills . 
Beets, in drills, Mangel 
Wurtzel . 
Broom Corn, in hills . 
Buckwheat . 
Cabbage, in beds, to transplant 
Carrots, in drills . 
Clover, red . 
Clover, white . 
Clover, Alsike . 
Clover, Lucerne or Alfalfa . . 
Corn, in hills . 
Corn, for soiling . 
Cucumber, in hills . 
Flax, broadcast . 
Grass, Kentucky Blue . 
Grass, Kentucky Blue Fancy. 
Grass, Orchard . 
Grass, English Rye . 
Grass, Sweet Vernal . 
Grass, Red Top, Chaff . 
Grass, Red Top, 
Recleaned Fancy . 
Grass, Rhode Island Bent . . . 
Grass, Timothy, or 
Herd’s Grass . 
Grass, Hungarian . 
Grass, Mixed Lawn . 
Hemp . 
Kale . 
Mustard, broadcast . 
48 
2 to 3 bush. 
Melon, Musk, in hills . 
2 to 3 lbs. 
60 
154 bush. 
Melon, Water, in hills . 
3 to 4 lbs. 
60 
10 to 12 qts. 
Millet, broadcast . 
48 
54 to F) bush. 
Millet, Japanese . 
32 
20 lbs. 
60 
1 bush. 
Oats, broadcast . 
32 
254 to 3 bush. 
5 to 6 lbs. 
Onion, in drills . 
5 to 6 lbs. 
Onion, for sets, in drills . 
30 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
Onion Sets, in drills . 
8 to 12 bush. 
32 
2 to 5 lbs. 
Parsnip, in drills . 
4 to 6 lbs. 
48 
1 bush. 
Peas, Green Wrinkled . 
56 
154 to 154 bush 
50 
54-lb. 
Peas, Cow . 
60 
2 bush. 
3 to 4 lbs. 
Peas, Round hard, in drills . . 
60 
154 bush. 
60 
15 to 20 lbs. 
Peas, broadcast . 
60 
13 bush. 
60 
12 to 15 lbs. 
Potatoes, cut tubers . 
60 
9 to 12 bush. 
60 
10 lbs. 
Pumpkin, in hills . 
4 to 6 lbs. 
60 
20 lbs. 
Radish, in drills . 
8 to 10 lbs. 
56 
8 to 12 qts. 
Rape, Dwarf Essex. 
50 
5 to 10 lbs. 
56 
3 to 4 bush. 
Rve, Spring, broadcast . 
56 
1 y 2 to 2 bush. 
2 lbs. 
Rye, Fall, broadcast . 
56 
1 y 2 to 2 bush. 
56 
1 bush. 
Sage, in drills . 
5 to 8 lbs. 
14 
2 bush. 
Salsify, in drills . 
8 to 10 lbs. 
25 
•Ft to 1 bush. 
Spelt, Emmer . 
40 
154 to 2 lbs. 
14 
3 bush. 
Spinach, in drills . 
10 to 15 lbs. 
20 
2 bush. 
Squash (bush varieties), in hills 
4 to 6 lbs. 
12 
1 54 bush. 
Squash (running varieties) .. 
3 to 4 lbs. 
14 
1 to 2 bush. 
Sudan Grass, in drills . 
20 lbs. 
Sudan Grass, broadcast . 
6 to 8 lbs. 
35 
54 to Y\ bush. 
Sugar Cane . 
2 to 5 lbs. 
12 
1 to 2 bush. 
Tomato, to transolant . 
A-lb. 
Turnip, in drills . 
50 
154 to 2 lbs. 
45 
54 bush. 
Turnip, broadcast . 
50 
Ft to 154 lbs. 
48 
y 2 to Ft bush. 
Wheat, Spring . 
60 
2 bush. 
18-25 
3 to 4 bush. 
Wheat, broadcast, Winter . . . 
60 
2 bush. 
40 
V/ 2 bush. 
Vetch, Spring . 
60 
2 bush. 
50 
5 lbs. 
Vetch, Winter . 
60 
1 bush. 
50 
54 bush. 
The Number of Plants, Trees, etc., Required to Set an Acre 
Distance 
Number 
Distance 
N u mber 
Distance 
Number 
1 ft. by 1 ft. 
. 43,560 
3 ft. by 3 ft. 
. 4,840 
15 ft. bv 15 ft. 
. 194 
154 ft. by \y 2 ft. . . . 
. 19,360 
4 ft. by 4 ft. 
2 7?2 
18 ft. by 18 ft. 
. 134 
2 ft. by 2 ft. 
. 10,890 
5 ft. by 5 ft. 
. 1,742 
20 ft. by 20 ft. 
. 105 
254 ft. by 254 ft. . . . 
. 6,970 
6 ft. bv 6 ft. 
. 1,210 
25 ft. by 25 ft. 
. 70 
3 ft. by 1 ft. 
. 14,520 
9 ft. bv 9 ft. 
. 537 
30 ft. by 30 ft. 
. 40 
3 ft. bv 2 ft. 
. 7,260 
12 ft. by 12 ft. 
. 302 
40 ft. by 40 ft. 
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