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SEEDING THE SOIL 
It is the custom with some to plant much nearer than recom¬ 
mended above, with the view of “ thinning out” after the plants 
shall have demonstrated their capacity or incapacity to make a 
vigorous growth. But inasmuch as the practice has grown out 
of either a want of confidence in the seed, or very imperfect 
and unreliable means of planting—to neither of which any 
sensible, enterprising farmer will submit for a single season— 
we have entirely ignored it in our general directions. 
NUMBER OF PLANTS THAT CAN BE GROWN UPON ONE ACRE AT 
GIVEN DISTANCES. 
Again, as it is often convenient to know, without the trouble 
of making the estimate, just exactly the number of plants that 
may be grown in a given field at a certain distance apart, we 
herewith publish the results of a series of calculations ranging 
between one inch and forty feet. The first column of figures 
indicates the distances of the plants apart, and the second col¬ 
umn, directly opposite, the number of plants, at such distance 
apart, that can be grown upon one acre : 
1 inch. 
2 ..do. 
3 ..do........ 
4 ..do. 
5 ..do.. 
6 .. do. 
7 ..do. 
8 .. do . 
9 ..do. 
10 . .do. 
11 ..do . 
12 . .do.... 
1£ feet,. 
2 ..do. 
2£ ..do........ 
3 ..do. 
..do. 
4 . .do. 
5 ..do. 
6 . .do. 
7 ..do. 
6,272,640 
1,568,160 
696,960 
379,540 
250,505 
174,295 
128,013 
98,010 
77,440 
62,726 
51,840 
43,560 
19,360 
10,899 
6,969 
4,840 
3,535 
2,722 
1,742 
1,210 
888 
8 feet,.. 
9 .do... 
10 .do... 
11 .do..., 
12 .do..., 
13 .do... 
14 .do..., 
15 .do.... 
16 .do.... 
17 .do.... 
18 .do ... 
19 .do.... 
20 .do.... 
21 .do.... 
22 .do.... 
23 .do.... 
24 .do.... 
25 .do.... 
30 .do.... 
35 .do.... 
40 .do.... 
680 
525 
435 
360 
302 
257 
222 
184 
170 
150 
134 
120 
108 
98 
90 
80 
75 
69 
48 
38 
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OF THE METHOD. 
The next and last question of interest, touching the matter 
of seeding, relates to the method. Briefly stated, it is this : 
Shall we sow broadcast , in drills , or plant in hills ? 
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