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When the distances between the plants differ from that between the rows, divide 
43,560, the number of square feet in an acre, by the number of square feet to each 
plant, and the quotient will be the number of plants to the acre. The square feet to 
each hill is found by multiplying the number of feet between the rcws by the number 
of feet, or fraction of a foot, between the plants. 
Numper of Pires required for THorovcHiy Sus-prainine an Acre of Lanp. 
Length of Pipe. A ee Number of Pipes.|| Length of Pipe. ee ree eae Number of Pipes. 
a, _—————— —_— —_ 
Inches. Feet. Inches, Feet. 
12 10 4,356 12 7 2,562 
7 12 3,630 & 18 2,498 
Py; 15 2,904 1 20 2,178 
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AMOUNT OF FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS REQUIRED PER ACRE. 
It may be of advantage to you who have only lately settled on the land, and 
particularly to some of my readers who may have entered on the business for the first 
time in Queensland, to know how much seed to purchase for sowing or planting 
various crops. Although there are cetain crops which may practically be sown and 
raised all the year round in this favoured climate, yet the regular seasons for most 
crops are quite as clearly defined as they are in other colder or hotter countries. 
Some modification of the times for sowing and of the amount of seed to sow will 
have to be made in different parts of the State owing to the wide range of temperature 
and rainfall, and to the variety of soils and their aspect. But, as a general rule, the 
following will be found fairly correct, the quantities in all cases being per acre :— 
Barley, broadcast, 1 to 14 bushels; drilled, $ bushel. Beans (broad), drilled, 14 
bushels ; (French), 13 bushels; (horse), 2 bushels. Beet (drilled),5 lb. Buckwheat, 
broadcast, 1 to 2 bushels. Cabbage (field), in seed beds, 2 1b. Carrots, drilled, 5 to 
7 lb. Clover, broadcast, 12 to 20 lb. Grasses, prairie, 1 bushel; Italian rye, 4 
bushels; perennial rye, 2 bushels; rib, } bushel; couch, } bushel; permanent mixed 
pasture, 3 bushels; imphee, 20 lb.; kohl-rabi, drilled, 25 lb. Lucerne, broadcast, 
29 Ib.;-drilled, 10 lb. Maize, broadcast, 3 bushels; drilled, $ bushel. Mangolds, 
drilled, 5to 6 lb. Millet, broadcast, 1 bushel. Oats, broadcast, 2 bushels. Onions, 
broadcast, 5 lb.; drilled for setts, 20 lb. Panicum, broadcast, 20 lb. Parsnips, 
drilled, 8 to 10 lb. Peas, broadcast, 34 bushels; drilled, 2 bushels. Potatoes, 14 
ewt. of cut setts; if planted with the American potato planter, 10 cwt. Rye for 
grain, broadcast, } bushel. If for saddlers’ use, 13 bushels. Sorghum for grain in 
drills, 10 1b.; broadcast for green fodder, 20 lb. Swedes, 3 1b. to41b. ‘l'urnips, 
globe and yellow, drilled, 2 1b. Vetches, broadcast, 3 bushels. Wheat, broadcast, 1 
to 14 bushels; drilled, + bushel. Paddy (rice), 30 to 40 lb. Cow pea, 8 lb. 
Jerusalem artichoke, 3 to 4cwt.; Paspalum dilatatum, 10 lb. 
AMOUNT OF BARBED WIRE REQUIRED FOR FENCES. 
The estimated number of pounds of barbed wire required to fence the spaces or 
distances below mentioned with one, two, or three lines of wire, based upon each 
pound of wire measuring 1 rod (164 feet), is as under :— 
Distances. 1 Line. 2 Lines. 3 Lines. 
Lb. Lb. Lb. 
1Isquare acre... ae 50% 1014 152 
1 side of a square acre ... 128 254 38 
1 square half-acre 36 72 108 
1square mile... As y 1,280 2,564 3,840 
1 side of a square mile ... as eee 4 320 640 960 
1 rod (54 yards) in length “t35 ora at 1 2 3 
100 rods (550 yards) in length... 4 100 200 300 
100 feet in length <r xn 635 124 1833 
