Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1873 — Useful Tables. [ARTICLE]

Useful Tables.

The following useful tables are taken from Vick’s Floral Guide for .18.7.3:.;* * ,-j •, ■ rtiNTS CrON AM ACXt O» USOOMB. Distance apart. NU. of F’antz 6 inches by 6 inches 174,£40. 1 foot by 1 foot .......43,561). fee.t by feet ?1'1,360. 1 foot by 2 feet • 21,780, 2 feel bv 2 feet.........*.*^***..... .10,890. 2 feel by 3 feet ....7,269. 3 feet by 3 feet 4.840; 4 feet by 4 feet .2,722. 5 feet by 5 feet 1,742. 6 feet by C> feet-. 1,210. 8 feet by 8 feet. ...........6t-0, 10 feel by 10 feel 435, quantity OF SEED USUALLY SOWN UPON ONE ACRE.

Dwarf beans, in drills I to I’g bushels. Pole, beans, ii> hi115...........8 to 12 quarts. Early peas, In dri115............ IJa bushels. Marrowfat peas, In drills.... ... ..4 bushels. Corn, in hills 8 quarts. Beet,.,in drills .4 to 5 pounds. Carrot, in drills .2 to 3 Cucumber, in drills ....1 to 2 •• Onion, in drills .4 to 6 " Patsnips in drills 4to 5 “ Radish, in drills. .6 to 8 “ Spinach, in dri115............ Bto 10 " Salsify, in drills 6to 8 “ Squash ..... ...........2 •' , Sweet corn, (for soillag}.-,.. .2 to 3 bushels. Turnip .l 1 pounds. Chines j Sugar Cane .10 to 12 quarts. Broom Corn 10 to 12 “ White Clover, alone 12 to 15 pounds Blue Grass, alone, (for lawns;... .56 " Rye Grass, a10ne,..., .2 bushels. Orchard Grass 2 to 3 “ Mixed Lawu Gruss 4 “ Red Top Grass, alone, (for lawn) 4 “ SEED FOR A GIVEN NUMBER OF PLANTS, ETC. One ounce of asparagus will produce about 500 plants, One ounce of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, egg plant,- kale, tomato, Eek and pepper about 3,000 plants. One ounce of celery, endive, or lettuce, will produce about 6 UOO plants. One ounce of spinach or okra may be alolt -d for every' lOOle.etof row. One ounce o! beet, onions, radish, orsalsify, may be aiotted for every 175 feet of row. —O ue-onuceof .carrot, parsJey, pa rs n Ip, ore turnip, may be aiotted for every 200 feet of row. One ounce ol cucumbers is sufficient for 150 hills. One ounce of musk melon is sufficient for 100 to 125 hills. Oi.e ounce of water melon is sufficient for 40 to <0 hills. One ounce of pumpkin, of squash is sufficient for 40 to 80 hills,; > One quart of Reid pumpkin is sufficient for 400 to 500 hills. One quart oi dwarf or hush beans is sufficient for 200 feet of row, or 300 hills. One quart of pole beans is sufficient for i 100 to 200 hills I One quart or peas is sufficient for 150 to 200 feet of row. Our enterprising fellow citizen, Mr. A.- Leopold, w—in-N-e w York ; city buying a stack of goods with i which to replenish the famous ■ Stone Building, and also to fill up : tlie room opposite McCoy & Tlioinp- , son’s bank. I Letter heads, envelopes, circulars, I blanks, posters, and all plain printing done at low prices, at this office. Call’ on, or send orders to, James & Healey, Rensselaer, Indiana.