Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1881 — A Valuable Table. [ARTICLE]

A Valuable Table.

Messrs. D. Landreth & Sons have issued the following table, giving the quantity of seed and number pf plants requisite to crop an acre of land, which will prove valuable to farmers and gardeners, and to families generally who may have only a small garden. It can always be referred to to set one right in any matter of doubt connected with the subjects involved. We have ourselves often been bothered fer instant information which this table would have supplied : Asparagus in 12-inch drills, 16 quarts. Asparagus plants, 4by 1 % feet, 8,000. Barley, bushels. Beans, bush, in drills 2% feet, 1% bushels. Beans, pole, Lima, 4 by 4 feet, 20 quarts. Beans, Carolina, prolific, etc.. 4 by 8, 10 quarts. Beets and mangolds, drills, 2% feet, 9 pounds. Broom corn in drills, 12 pounds. Cabbage, outside, for transplanting, 12 ounces. Cabbage sown in frames, 4 ounces, Carrot in drills, 2% feet, 4 pounds. Celery, seed, 8 ounces. Celery, plant, 4by feet, 25,000. Clover, white Dutch, 13 pounds. Clover, Lucerne, 10 pounds. Clover, Alsike, 6 pounds. Clover, large red with timothy, 12 pounds. Clover, large red without timothy, 16 pounds. Corn, sugar. 10 quarts. Corn, field, 8 quarts. Corn, salad, drill 10 inches, 25 pounds. Cucumber, in hills, 3 quarts. Cucumber, iu drills, 4 quarts. Egg plant, plants, 3 by 2 feet, 4 ounces. Endive, in .drills, 2% feet, 3 pounds. Flax, broadcast, 20 quarts. Grass, timothy with clover, 6 quarts. Grass, timothy without cloyer, 10 quarts. Grass, orchard, 25 quarts. Grass, red top or herds, 20 qnarts. Grass, blue, 28 quarts. Grass, rye, 20 quarts. Grass, millet, 32 quarts. Hemp, broadcast, % bushel. Kale, German greens, 3 pounds. Lettuce, in rows, 2% feet, 8 pounds. Leek, 4 pounds. Lawn grass, 35 pounds. Melons, water, in hills 8 by 8 feet, 3 pounds. Melons, citrons, in hills 4 by 4 feet, 2 pounds. Oats, 2 bushels. Okra, in drills 2% by % feet, 20 pounds. Onion, in beds for sets, 50 pounds. Onion, in rows for large bulbs, 7 pounds. Barsmp, in drills 2% feet, 5 pounds. Pepper, plants, 2 % by 1 feet, 17,500. Pumpkin, in hills 8 by 8 feet, 2 quarts. Parsley, in drills 2 feet, 4 pounds. Peas, in drills, short varieties, 2 bushels. Peas, in drills, tall varieties, 1 to I% bushels. Peas, broadcast, 3 bushels. Potatoes ; 8 bushels. Badish, m drills 2 feet, 10 pounds. Bye, broadcast, 1% bushels, liye, drilled, bushels. Salsify, in drills 2>£ feet, 10 pounds. Spinach, broadcast, 30 pounds. Squash, bush, in hills 4 by 4 feet, 3 pounds. Squash, running, 8 by 8 feet, 2 pounds. Sorghum, 4 quarts. Turnips, in drills 2 feet, 3 pounds. Turnips, broadcast, 3 pounds. Tomatoes, in frame, 3 ounces. Tomatoes, seed in hills 3 by 3 feet, 8 o nnces. Tomatoes, plants, 3,800. Wheat, in drills, 1% bushals. Wheat, broadcast, 2 bushels.