Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1882 — A Valuable Table. [ARTICLE]

A Valuable Table.

The following table gives the quantity of seed and number of plants requisite to crop an acre of land, and will prove valuable to farmers and gardeners, and to families generally who may have only a small garden. It can always be referred to t set one right in any matter of doubt con nected with the subjects involved: Asparagus in 12-inch drills, 16 quarts Asparagus plants, 4 by 1J feet, 8,000. Barley, 2} bushels. , Beans, bush, in drills 2| feet, lj bushels. Beans, pole, Lima, 4 by 4 feet, 20 quarts. Beans, Carolina, prolific, etc., 4by 3,10 qts. Beets and mangolds, drills, 2 j feet, 9 pounds. Broom corn in drills, 12 pounds. Cabbage, outside, for transplanting, 12 oz. Cabbage sown in frames 4 Ounces. Carrot in drills, 2£ feet, 4 pounds. Celery, seed, 8 ounces. Celery, plant, 4 by \ feet, 25,000. Clover, white Dutch, 13 pounds. Clover, Lucerne, 10 pounds. Clover,: Aliske, 6 pounds. Clover, large red with timothy, 12 pounds. Clover, large red without timothy, 16 lbs Corn, sugar, 10 quarts. Com, field, 8 qtfarts. Com, salad, drill ten inches, 25 pounds. Cucumber, in hills, 3 quarts. Cucumber, in drills, 4 quarts. Egg plant, plants 3 by 2 feet, 4 ounces. Endive, in drills, 21 feet, 3 pounds. Flax, broadcast, 20 quarts. Grass, timothy with clover, 6 quarts. Grass, timothy without clover, 10 quarts. Grass, orchard, 25 quarts. Grass, red top or herds, 20 quarts. Grass, blue, 28 quarts. Grass, rye, 20 quarts. Grass, millet, 32 quarts. Hemp, broadcast, 1 bushel. Kale, German greens, 3 pounds. Lettuce, in rows, 2| feet, 3 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 lbs. Oats, 2 bushels. Okra, in drills, 21 by \ feet, 20 pounds. Onion, in beds for sets, 50 pounds. Onion, in rows for large bulbs, 7 pounds. Parsnip, in drills 21 feet, 5 pounds. Pepper, plants, 21 by 1 foot, 17,500. Pumpkin, in hills 8 by 8 feet, 2 quarts. Parsley, in drills 2 Jeet, 4 pounds. Peas, in drills, short varieties, 2 bushels. Peas, id drills, tall varieties, 1 to 11 bush. Peas, broadcast, 3 bushels. Potatoes, 8 bushels. Radish, in drills 2 feet, 10 pounds. Rye, broadcast, 1$ bushels. Rye, drilled, 11 bushels. Salsify, in drills 21 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 frames, 3 ounces. Tomatoes, seed'in hills 3by 3 feet, 8 ozs. Tomatoes, plants, 3,800. Wheat, in drills, 11 bushels. Wheat, broadcast, 2 bushels.