The true northerner., 1879-03-28


plants to che square foot on IN sore Of ground.
Since making ths above oomputahon nnd that
Todd in his Wheat Culturst" estimates 16
grains to the square foot, or one gram to each
three inches square. i also estimated the
number OF grams in bushel OF Clawson wheat
grown on new land, very plump and weighs so
lbs. per bushe. That contained 5S3 200 grains.
This wonld give l3 grams TO the square foot
sown on m acre OF ground.
! In May, 1874, there we're l,27A,ssl acres Of
wheat on the ground in Michigan. Had each
person, when seeding, followed the instructions
found IN the seed catalogue, and published in
the agricultural paper, and sown the least rec
commended as necessary, the loss to the State
in seed, to say nothing OF the consequential
damages" would have been e37,664 bushels--
This is on the suppositisn that the bushsl OF
ssed per acre should have been sown in season,
AID properly covered, so that each grain would
have an equal chance to gsrmnats and grow
The amount OF corn necessary for IN acre,
planted in bills, Is givsn ss to II quarts. TAX
ing the average at 10 quarts, and bills 4x4 feet,
this would give nearly six grains to the hill,
which consider Just double the amount nee
essary. Ny computation gives 4972S kernels
OF corn to the bushsl. The sample used in /
the estimate WAS yellow dent, taken from the
middle OF the ear. This, allowing three kernels
TO the hill, and hills 4xA fest, requires 5A
quarts to tho acre. On thin soils somewhat
worn / would not use moro than 4 quarts to
the acre. Too many kernels in the hill produce
nubbins, while thin seeding produces seed ears.
The amount OF clover seed per acre il given
in the table at Is to 90 pounds. The latter
would give 1l6 seeds to the square foot, and
the former 81.
l am indebted to one of the professors in
Cornsll University for the number OF seeds i,
4 bashel of clover The number is gwen at
l5,l5S,SSO. One quart per acre, according to
his number, would give 10 seeds to the square
'oot. One bushel to 10 acres gives "a seeds to !
'he square foot. This is on the suppostion c
bat every seed in the 60 pounds is perfect J
iced and will grow. Allowing one-quarter for 8
blasted and cracked seeds sand. etc. .hll d
'ushei to 10 acres would give Is plants to the d
4uare foot II each seed fell on good ground" b
nd was properly covered, but il one expects to a
ow as nature sows its pollen, trusting that Z
ere and there one will reach a favorable posi
on to grow, then perhaps Is to 10 POUNDS to {
\ acre is not too much. On our sandy Michi-
Sn soil, clover seed Will not grow unless
oyered. II is, therefore, useless to SOW seed
the surface and expect catch, unless
lrough some action OF the frost the grour d is !"
oney -combed, so that the seed shall become in
)veled in that way. 81
All the legumnous class OF seeds will push \
'roush the soil from greater depth than a a
any others. know that clover will come up IL
lrou8h three inches OF SOIL and l think from Al =,
greater depth; 60 that the fear of getting it VI
too deep need not deter any one from "a "a
oroughiy working the soil when seeding to &C
over. Rolling after narrowing the seed is of w
eat benefit, IN order TO pack the earth about an
seeds This favors quick termination asd on
yes the rootlet frmer hold OF the soil. ~
La connection with the number OF clover ,ic
eds N bushe, learned that the numbey in
seeds in bushel, Of timothy was 57.s47. $50. ten
le quart to the acre would give 40 sesds to
q square foot. The table alluded TO give the BY
mber Of pounds necessary to SOW an acre OF 0A
, following mixture-one bushel of clover
e-hak bushel, OF timothy, and one bushel of n
top, and fixed the amount at 10 lbs per IN
'e. large amount OF seed Of various kinds
wasted every year, from the lack of an IN
igent knowledge of the proper amount to !
" Much Of 1t falls among thorns, or by the &
yside, and is choked or dried up. May the
'e speedily come when every seed sown shall
upon good ground and bring forth .
'me thirty, some sixty, and some An hun 49,,
d fold" A.C. GIIDDEN moi
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