. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. The reader will want to know how much seed of the various things is required for an acre. This information was once easy to give, when fields were small and every one followed the cus- tom of his father or his neighbor. But now we plant in hills at all distances, or drills at all distances, or semi-broadcast at no distances, and we grow crops for more purposes than were ever dreamed of in the old philosophy. The tables, therefore, represent either averages or extremes, and the person who is looking for precise direction is likely not to fi
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. The reader will want to know how much seed of the various things is required for an acre. This information was once easy to give, when fields were small and every one followed the cus- tom of his father or his neighbor. But now we plant in hills at all distances, or drills at all distances, or semi-broadcast at no distances, and we grow crops for more purposes than were ever dreamed of in the old philosophy. The tables, therefore, represent either averages or extremes, and the person who is looking for precise direction is likely not to find it, and he is told that it all depends on conditions, and as likely as not he does not know what the conditions are. However, a table has been compiled from good sources, and the reader is referred, for further information, to the articles on the special crops comprising the major part of this book; from these sources the reader should be able to derive some help. Fig. 205. A six-foot seeder, with grass seed attachment. Alfalfa (broadcast) Alfalfa (drilled) Artichoke, Jerusalem Barley Barley and peas Bean, field (small varieties) . Bean, field (large varieties) . Beet Beggarweed (for forage) . . Beggarweed (for hay) Bent-grass Berseem Blue-grass Brome-grass (alone, for hay) . Brome-grass (alone, for pasture) . Brome-grass (in mixture) . . Broom-corn Broom-corn (for seed) Buckwheat Bur-clover Cabbage Quantity op Seed Per Acre. 20-25 lbs. Carrots (for stock) 4-6 lbs. 15-20 lbs. Cassava By cuttings 6-8 bus. Chick-pea 30-50 lbs. 8-10 pks. Chicory (and by cuttings) . . 1-1J lbs. 1-2 bus. each Clover, alsike (alone, for forage). 8-15 lbs. 2-3 pks. Clover, alsike (on wheat or rye 5-6 pks. in spring) 4-6 lbs. 4-6 lbs. Clover, Egyptian or berseem . J-1 bu. .5-6 lbs. Clover, Japan (lespedeza) ... 12 lbs. 8-10 lbs. Clover, Mammoth 12-15 lbs. 1-2 bus. Clover, red (alone, for forage) . 16 lbs. J-l bus. Clover, red (on small grain in 25 lbs. (pure) spring) 8-14 lbs. 12-15 lbs. Clover, swe
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