1 May, 1898. ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 4.25 
Showing the number of Plants required to plant a mile in length, from 
1 foot to 100 feet apart. 
Distance. Number per Mile. | eake Distance. Number per Miie. 
Teet. Number. Feet. Number. 
100 52 25 211 
95 55 | 20 264) 
90 : 58 15 352 
85 62 | 10 528 
80 66 9 586 
7) 70 8 660 
70 75 7 754 
65 8L 6 880 
60 88 | 5 1,056 
55 96 4, 1,320 
50 105 3 1,760 
AD 117 2 2,640 
40 132 1 5,280 
35 151 
30 176 
SUB-DRAINING. 
The number of pipes required for thoroughly draining an acre of land is, 
of course, determined by the distance of the drains apart. This ig shown in 
the following table :— 
| 4, [ 
No. of Pipes No. of Pipes No. of Pipes | No. of Pipes | No. of Pipes. | No. of Pipes 
Length of per Acre, per Acre. per Acre. per Acre. per Acre. per Acre. 
Pipe. | Drains 10 feet | Drains 12 feet | Drains 15 feet | Drains 17 feet | Drains 18 feet Drains 20 feet 
| Apart. Apart. Apart. Apart. Apart, Apart. 
| = | eal dt | ss AP aes 
Inches. 
12 4,356 3,630 2,904 2,562 | 2,423 2,178 
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
Tin Editor will be glad if the secretaries of Agricultural and other Societies 
will, as early as possible after the fixture of their respective shows, notify him 
of the date, and also of any change in date which may have been decided on. 
