REFERENCE TABLES 
MEASUREMENT OF AN ACRE 
The following will be found useful in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount 
of land in different pieces of ground under cultivation: 5 yards wide by 968 yards long 
contains 1 acre, as do also the following measurements: 10 yards wide by 484 yards 
long; 20 yards wide by 242 yards long; 40 yards wide by 121 yards long; 70 yards wide 
by 69^ yards long; 60 feet wide by 726 feet long; 110 feet wide by 396 feet long; 120 
feet wide by 363 feet long; 220 feet wide by 198 feet long; 240 feet wide by lSl }/2 feet 
long, and 440 feet wide by 99 feet long. 
NUMBER OF PLANTS OR TREES TO THE ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES 
Dis. Apart 
12x 1 in. .. 
12x 3 in. .. 
12x12 in. - 
16x 1 in. .. 
18x 1 in. .. 
18x 3 in. .. 
18x12 in. .. 
18x18 in. .. 
20x 1 in. ... 
20x20 in. .. 
24x 1 in. .. 
24x18 in. ... 
24x24 in. .. 
30x 1 in. .. 
30x 6 in. ... 
30x12 in. ... 
30x16 in. ... 
30x20 in. ... 
30x24 in. ... 
30x30 in. ... 
36x 3 in. ... 
36x12 in. ... 
36x18 in. ... 
36x24 in. ... 
No, Plants 
.522,720 
.174,240 
. 43,560 
.392,040 
.348,480 
.116,160 
. 29,040 
. 19,360 
.313,635 
. 15,681 
.261,360 
. 15,520 
. 10.890 
.209,088 
. 34,848 
. 17,424 
. 13,068 
. 10,454 
. 8,712 
. 6,970 
. 58,080 
. 14,520 
. 9,680 
. 7,260 
Dis. Apart 
36x36 in. ... 
42x12 in. .. 
42x24 in. ... 
42x36 in. .. 
48x12 in. ... 
48x18 in. ... 
48x24 in. ... 
48x30 in. ... 
48x36 in. ... 
48x48 in. ... 
60x36 in. ... 
60x48 in. ... 
60x60 in. ... 
8 x 1 ft. ... 
8 x 3 ft. ... 
8 x 8 ft. ... 
lOx 1 ft. ... 
lOx 6 ft. ... 
10 x10 ft. ... 
12 x 1 ft. ... 
12x 5 ft. ... 
12 x12 ft. ... 
16x 1 ft. ... 
16x16 ft. ... 
No. Plants 
. 4,480 
. 12.446 
. 6,223 
. 4,148 
. 10,890 
. 7.790 
. 5.445 
. 4,356 
. 3,630 
. 2,723 
. 2,901 
. 2,178 
. 1,743 
. 5,445 
. 1,815 
680 
. 4,356 
. 726 
. 435 
. 3,630 
736 
302 
. 2,722 
170 
160 ACRE FARM DEVOTED TO PEA SEED BREEDING 
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