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SOFT OR SWELLED-CROP arises from lack of grit, or from eating soggy and unwholesome food. The distended crop contains water and gas, the bird is fever- ish and drinks a great deal. By holding it up with its head down the crop will usually empty itself. When this is done give teaspoon doses of charcoal slightly moistened twice at intervals of six hours. Restrict the supply of water and feed chopped onions and soft feed in moder- ation.
EGG-BOUND, DISEASES OF THE OVIDUCT. Overfat hens are often troubled in this way. Forcing hens for egg production will sometimes break down the laying machinery. Give green food, oats,"little corn, and no stimulating condiments. Let the diet be plain and cooling in its
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nature. - To relieve hens of eggs broken in the oviduct, anoint the forefinger with sweet oil and deftly insert and draw out the broken parts. When the hen is very fat and the egg is so large it cannot be expelled, the only way to save the hen is to break the egg and remove it as above directed.
WHITE-COMB OR SCURVY, caused by crowded and filthy quarters and lack of green food. The comb is covered with a white scurf. This condition some- times extends over the head and down the neck, causing the feathers to fall off.
Change the quarters and diet, give a dose of castor oil and follow this with a half a teaspoonful of sulphur in the soft food daily.
RHEUMATISM AND CRAMP caused by cold and dampness. Chicks reared on bottom-heat brooders are particularly subject to these troubles. Damp earth floors and cement floors in poultry houses produce it in older birds.
Give dry and comfortable quarters, feed little meat, plenty of green food, and soft feed seasoned with red pepper.
DIARRHEA of chicks with clogging of the vent. Remove the hardened excre-
tion and anoint the parts. Chamomilla is useful in this complaint, a few drops in drinking water.
FROSTED COMB AND WATTLES .- As soon as discovered bathe with compound tinc- ture of benzoin.
FOR LICE on perches, walls and coops, use kerosene or lime wash. To make the lime-wash more effective, pour a little crude carbolic acid on the lime before slaking or mix with plenty of salt.
For use in nests, pour crude carbolic acid on lime and allow it to air-slake. Put one or two handfuls of the car- bolized lime dust in the nest box.
Pyrethrum powder kills by contact and is effective for dusting in nests, and through the feathers of birds. Its judi- cious use in the plumage and nests of sitting hens will insure immunity from lice for the hen and her young brood.
Chicks and poults are often killed by large lice that congregate about the head, throat, vent and wings. To de- stroy them, soak fish berries in alcohol, take the birds from under the mothers at night and slightly moisten the down of the infested parts with the poison.
How to Preserve Eggs
Now that eggs are dearer as a rule than they have been for years, many people are inquiring about the methods of preserving them. The old way was to pack them in salt or lime. This served the purpose, but it gave the eggs a very strong taste.
The approved method now is the one which calls for the use of "water glass," or silicate of soda. This is a thick, syrupy liquid which can be had at most drug stores for about 10 cents a pound, and a pound is enough to treat five dozen eggs, so that the cost of preserving is about two cents a dozen.
There are several grades of water glass, and it is wise to get the best. To prepare the solution, stir one part of the silicate of soda into sixteen parts of water which has been boiled, cooled and carefully measured.
It is essential to have the eggs fresh, or the experiment will not be a great success. Those over three days old should not be used, as the air has already had a chance to penetrate them. The very best way is to keep the solution made up ready and put the eggs into it just as soon as they are brought in from the nests, if you have your own chickens.
It is worse than useless to try to pre- serve eggs that are not fresh or that have been cracked or washed.
Incubation and Gestation Tables
Chickens 20-22 days
Geese 28-34 days
Ducks .28 days
Turkeys .27-29 days
Guinea fowls
.28 days
Pheasants
.25 days
Ostriches 40-42 days
The period of gestation in animals varies considerably, but the following is an average period based on a long series of observations :
Elephant 2 years
Camel 11-12 months
Ass 12 months
Mare 11 months
Cow
9 months
Sheep
5 months
Goat 5 months
Pig 31/2 months
Bitch
9 weeks
Cat
8 weeks
Rabbit .30 days
Guinea pig .65 days
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PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
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1
VARIETY
.
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoe or Wheel- Hoe Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
Depth to Cover
1
Time to Plant in the North. Outdoors (See Foot-note)
ASPARAGUS, Seed ASPARAGUS, Plants BEAN, String BEAN, Lima
21/2 ft. apart 4 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 3 ft. apart 2 ft. apart 4 x 3 ft. apart
3 in. transplant in 1 year 1 in.
2 ft.
Thin to 4 in.
5 or 6 in. 2 in.
March-April March-April May 10-15 May 20-25
BEET
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 6 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
1 in.
March-April April. Or in the fall
BLACKBERRY, Plants CABBAGE and CAULI- FLOWER, Plants ..
21/2 ft. apart
2 ft. apart
16-24 in.
-
Early kinds, April; late kinds, June
CARROT CELERY, Plants
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 2-3 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in. 6 in.
1/2 in.
March-April Early crop, May; late crop, early July First sowing, early May May 15
CORN, Sweet
4 ft. apart
Same Same
8-12 in.
2 in.
CUCUMBER
5 x 5 or 6x 4 ft. apart
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 1/2 in. thin out later
CURRANT and
|5 x 5 ft. apart
GOOSEBERRY, Plants EGGPLANT, Plants LETTUCE MELON, Musk
21/2 x 21/2 ft. apart 21/2 ft. apart 6 x 4 ft. apart
8x 8 ft. apart
5x4 ft. apart 2x2 ft. apart 11/2-2 ft. apart Same Same
Thin to 6-10 in.
1/2 in.
March-April
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 12 in. thin out later
1/2 in.
May 15 May 15-20
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April. Or in. the fall June 1
MELON, Water
212 ft. apart Pole, 4x4 ft. apart Bush, 21/2 x 11/2 ft. apart 2 x 112 ft. apart
Thin to 3 plants to a pole 1 in.
2 ft.
.. 8 ft. apart
3-4 ft. apart
PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
VARIETY
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoc or Wheel- Hoc Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
SPARAGUS, Secd
. 21/2 ft. apart
SPARAGUS, Plants
.. 4 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 3 ft. apart
2 ft.
Thin Die
Thin to ) ; Arms be a po
EET
212 ft. apart
. . 8 ft. apart
.ACKBERRY, Plants ABBAGE and CAULI- FLOWER, Plants
2 !: ft. apart
RROT
21 ft. apart
LERY, Plants
3-4 ft. apart
RN, Sweet
1 ft. apart
CUMBER
RRANT and OSEBERRY. Plint .. Sulh spam
GPLANT, PloPs ITUCE LON, MIT!
LON, Water
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1
1
Impil
3 in. transplant in 1 year, I in
EAN, String EAN, Lima
21/2 ft. apart 2 ft. apart Pole, 4 x 4 ft. apart 1 x 3 ft apart Bush, 2:2 x 1)2 ft. apart 'x l'; ft apart
PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
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VARIETY
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoe or Wheel- Hoe Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
Depth to Cover
Time to Plant in the North, Outdoors (See Foot-note)
ASPARAGUS, Seed ASPARAGUS, Plants ..
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 4 ft. apart 3 ft. apart 21/2 ft. apart Pole, 4 x4 ft. apart 2 ft. apart 4 x 3 ft. apart Bush, 21/2 x 11/2 ft. apart |2 x 11/2 ft. apart
3 in. transplant in 1 year 1 in.
2 ft.
Thin to 4 in.
Thin to 3 plants to a pole 1 in.
BEET
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 6 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in. 2 ft.
1 in.
March-April April. Or in the fall
BLACKBERRY, Plants CABBAGE and CAULI- FLOWER, Plants ..
. . |8 ft. apart
21/2 ft. apart
2 ft. apart
16-24 in.
Early kinds, April; late kinds, June
CARROT
. 212 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 2-3 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in. 6 in.
1/2 in.
CELERY, Plants
3-4 ft. apart
CORN, Sweet
4 ft. apart .
Same Same
8-12 in.
2 in.
CUCUMBER
.
CURRANT and
GOOSEBERRY, Plants EGGPLANT, Plants LETTUCE MELON, Musk .
21/2 x 21/2 ft. apart 21/2 ft. apart 6x4 ft. apart 8x 8 ft. apart
5x4 ft. apart 2x2 ft. apart 11/2-2 ft. apart Same Same
Thin to 6-10 in.
1/2 in.
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 12 in. thin out later
1/2 in.
April. Or in the fall June 1 March-April May 15 May 15-20
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March-April Early crop, May; late crop, early July First sowing, early Ma: May 15
5 x 5 or 6x4 ft. apart
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 1/2 in. thin out later
5 x 5 ft. apart -
MELON, Water .
5 or 6 in. 2 in.
March-April March-April May 10-15 May 20-25
BEAN, String BEAN, Lima
PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES-Continued
VARIETY
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoe or Wheel- Hoe Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
Depth to Cover
Time to Plant in the North, Outdoors (See Foot-note)
ONION, Seed
21/2 ft. apart
12-15 in. apart
Thin to 4 in.
12 in. 1/2 in.
March-April Early April
PARSLEY
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 6 in.
PARSNIP
212 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
12 in.
March-April
PEPPER, Plants
21/2 ft. apart
2 ft. apart
20 in.
June 1
PEAS
3-4 ft. apart
212-3 ft. apart
Continuous row
3-5 h. 4 in.
Early, March-April;
RADISH
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 3 in.
V2 in.
March-April
RHUBARB, Plants
4 ft. apart
3 ft. apart
3 ft.
2 or 3 in.
March-April
RASPBERRY, Plants
6 ft. apart
5 ft. apart
Red, 2 ft.
Black, 212 ft.
SPINACH
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
1 in. 1/2 in.
March-April (or fall) May 15-20
SQUASHI-PUMPKIN
8 x8 ft. (Bush Squash Same
4 x 4)
STRAWBERRY Plants .. 4 ft. apart
3 ft. apart
15-20 in.
Have crown|April. (Pot-grownplants
level with ground
in August)
TOMATO, Plants
4 x 4 ft. apart
4 x 3 ft. apart
May 25-June 1
NOTE .- Planting time varies according to season and locality; dates given above are only approximate, and are based on latitude of Pennsylvania; allow about five days difference for each 100 miles north or south of this State. Do not work soil in spring while it is very wet and soggy; wait. Plants set in autumn must be well mulched with strawy manure, leaves, etc., during first winter. Successional sowings of corn, peas, etc., may be made later than the dates given.
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March-April
POTATO
3 ft. apart
2-212 ft. apart
12-18 in.
.
late, May-June
Early spring
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22. The Feeding of Farm Animals.
27. Flax for Seed and Fiber.
28. Weeds: And How to Kill Them.
30. Grape Diseases on the Pacific Coast.
34. Meats: Composition and Cooking.
35. Potato Culture.
36. Cotton Seed and Its Products.
44. Commercial Fertilizers.
48. The Manuring of Cotton.
51. Standard Varieties of Chickens.
52. The Sugar Beet.
54. Some Common Birds.
55. The Dairy Herd.
61. Asparagus Culture.
62. Marketing Farm Produce.
64. Ducks and Geese.
77. The Liming of Soils.
81. Corn Culture in the South. 85. Fish as Food.
86. Thirty Poisonous Plants.
88. Alkali Lands.
91. Potato Diseases and Treatment.
99. Insect Enemies of Shade Trees. . 101. Millets.
104. Notes on Frost.
106. Breeds of Dairy Cattle.
113. The Apple and How to Grow It.
118. Grape Growing in the South.
121. Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes as Food.
126. Suggestions for Farm Buildings.
127. Important Insecticides.
128. Eggs and Their Uses as Food.
131. Tests for Detection of Oleomargarine. 134 Tree Planting in Rural School Grounds. 137. The Angora Goat.
138. Irrigation in Field and Garden.
139. Emmer: a Grain for the Semi-arid Re- gions.
140. Pineapple Growing.
150. Clearing New Land.
152. Scabies in Cattle.
154. The Home Fruit Garden
156. The Home Vineyard.
157. The Propagation of Plants.
158. How to Build Irrigation Ditches.
164. Rape as a Forage Crop 166. Cheese Making on the Farm. 167. Cassava.
170. Principles of Horse Feeding.
172. Scale Insects and Mites on Citrus Trees.
173. Primer of Forestry.
174. Broom Corn.
175. Home Manufacture of Grape Juice.
176. Cranberry Culture.
177. Squab Raising.
178. Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture. 179. Horseshoeing. 181. Pruning.
182. Poultry as Food.
183. Meat on the Farm.
185. Beautifying the Home Grounds.
187. Drainage of Farm Lands. 188. Weeds Used in Medicine.
192. Barnyard Manure.
194. Alfalfa Seed.
195. Annual Flowering Plants.
198. Strawberries. 200. Turkeys.
201. The Cream
Separator on Western
Farms.
203. Canned Fruits, Preserves and Jellies. 204. The Cultivation of Mushrooms. 205. Pig Management.
206. Milk Fever and Its Treatment.
213. Raspberries
218. The School Garden.
220. Tomatoes.
221. Fungous Diseases of the Cranberry. 224. Canadian Field Peas.
228. Forest Planting and Farm Manage- ment.
229. Production of Good Seed Corn.
231. Cucumber and Melon Diseases.
232. Okra: Its Culture and Uses. 234. The Guinea Fowl.
236. Incubation and Incubators.
238. Citrus Fruit Growing in States. the Gulf
239. The Corrosion of Fence Wire.
241. Butter Making on the Farm.
242. An Example of Model Farming.
243. Fungicides and Their Use.
245. Renovation of Worn-out Soils.
246. Saccharine Sorghums.
248. The Lawn.
249. Cereal Breakfast Foods.
250. Wheat Smut and Loose Smut of Oats.
252. Maple Sugar and Syrup.
253. The Germination of Seed Corn.
254. Cucumbers.
255. The Home Vegetable Garden.
256. Preparation of Vegetables for the Table.
257. Soil Fertility.
260. Seed of Red Clover and Its Impurities. 263. Information for Beginners in Irrigation. 264. The Brown-Tail Moth.
266. Management of Soils to Conserve Mois- ture.
269. Industrial Alcohol: Uses and Statistics.
270. Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home.
271. Forage Crop Practices in the North- west.
272. A Successful Hog and Seed-Corn Farm. 274. Flax Culture.
275. The Gypsy Moth.
277. Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm Engines. 278. Leguminous Crops for Green Manuring. 279. A Method of Eradicating Johnson Grass. 280. A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm. 282. Celery.
284. Enemies of the Grape East of the Rockies. 286. Cotton Seed and Cotton-Seed Meal. 287. Poultry Management.
288. Non-saccharine Sorghums.
289. Beans.
291. Evaporation of Apples.
292. Cost of Filling Silos.
293. Use of Fruit as Food.
295. Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food. 298. Food Value of Corn and Corn Prod. ucts.
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299. Diversified Farming.
301. Home-Grown Tea. 302. Sea Island Cotton. 303. Corn Harvesting Machinery. 304. Growing and Curing Hops. 306. Dodder in Relation to Farm Seeds. 307. Roselle: Its Culture and Uses.
310. A Successful Alabama Diversification Farm.
311. Sand-Clay and Burnt-Clay Roads. 312. A Successful Southern Hay Farm. 313. Harvesting and Storing Corn. 318. Cowpeas.
Roads
322. Milo as a Dry-Land Grain Crop. 324. Sweet Potatoes.
325. Small Farms in the Corn Belt.
326. Building up a Cotton Plantation. 328. Silver Fox Farming.
330. Deer Farming in the United States. 331. Forage Crops for Hogs in Kansas 332. Nuts and Their Uses as Food. 333. Cotton Wilt.
337. New England Dairy Farms. 338. Macadam Roads.
339. Alfalfa. ‘
341. The Basket Willow. 344. The Boll Weevil Problem. 345. Some Common Disinfectants.
346. The Computation of Rations.
347. The Repair of Farm Equipment. 348. Bacteria in Milk.
349. The Dairy Industry in the South. 350. The Dehorning of Cattle. 351. The Tnherculin Test of Cattle. 354. Onion Culture.
355. A Successful Farm. Poultry and Dairy
357. Methods of Poultry Management.
358. Primer of Forestry. Part II.
359. Canning Vegetables in the Home.
361. Meadow Fescue: Its Culture and Uses. 362. Conditions Affecting the Value of Hay.
363. The Use of Milk as Food. 364. A Profitable Cotton Farm.
365. Northern Potato-Growing Sections.
367. Lightning and Lightning Conductors. 368. Bindweed, or Wild Morning-glory. 369. How to Destroy Rats. 370. Replanning a Farm for Profit. 371. Drainage of Irrigated Lands. 372. Soy Beans.
373. Irrigation of Alfalfa.
375. Care of Food in the Home.
377. Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures.
378. Methods of Exterminating Texas-fever Tick. 379. Hog Cholera. 380. The Loco-weed Disease. 382. The Adulteration of Forage-plant Seeds.
383. How to Destroy English Sparrows. 385. Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs. 386. Potato Culture on Farms of the West. 387. Preservative Treatment of Timbers. 389. Bread and Bread Making.
390. Pheasant Raising in the United States. 391. Economical Use of Meat in the Home. 392. Irrigation of Sugar Beets. 393. Hahit-forming Agents. 394. Windmills in Irrigation. 395. Sixty-day amd Kherson Oats. 396. The Muskrat.
398. Use of Commercial Fertilizers in the South.
399. Irrigation of Grain. 400. Profitahle Corn-planting Method.
401. Protection of Orchards from Frosts. 402. Canada Bluegrass; Its Culture and Uses.
403. Construction of Concrete Fence Posts.
404. Irrigation of Orchards.
406. Soil Conservation.
407. The Potato as a Truck Crop.
408. School Exercises in Plant Production. 409. School Lessons on Corn.
410. Potato Culls as a Source of Alcohol. 411. Feeding Hogs in the South.
413. The Care of Milk and Its Use. 414. Corn Cultivation.
415. Seed Corn.
417. Rice Culture.
420. Oats: Distribution and Uses. 421. Control of Blowing Soils.
on Southern 321. The the Split-Log Drag on 422. Demonstration Work
Farms.
423. Forest Nurseries for Schools.
424. Oats: Growing the Crop.
426. Canning Peaches on the Farm.
427. Barley Culture in the Southern States. 428. Testing Farm Seeds.
429. Industrial Alcohol: Manufacture.
431. The Peanut.
432. How a City Family Managed a Farm. 433. Cabhage.
434. Production of Onion Seed and Sets. 436. Winter Oats for the South.
437. A System of Tenant Farming.
438. Hog Houses.
439. Anthrax.
440. Spraying Peaches.
441. Lespedeza, or Japan Clover
442. The Treatment of Bee Diseases.
443. Barley: Growing the Crop.
444. Remedies Against Mosquitoes.
445. Marketing Eggs Through the Creamery. 446. The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land. 447. Bees.
448. Better Grain-Sorghum Crops.
449. Rabies or Hydrophobia.
450. Some Facts About Malaria.
452. Capons and Caponizing.
453. Danger of Spread of Gypsy and Brown- Tail Moths.
454. A Successful New York Farm.
455. Red Clover.
456. Our Grosbeaks and Their Value.
458. The Best Two Sweet Sorghums. 459. House Flies.
460. Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing.
461. The Use of Concrete on the Farm.
462. The Utilization of Logged-Off Land.
463. The Sanitary Privy.
464. The Eradication of Quack-Grass.
466. Winter Emmer.
467. Chestnut Bark Disease. 468. Forestry in Nature Study.
470. Game Laws.
471. Grape Propagation, Pruning, Training. 472. Farming in Central New Jersey.
474. Paint on the Farm.
475. Ice Houses.
476. Dying Pine in Southern States. .
477. Sorghum Sirup Manufacture. 478. Typhoid Fever.
480. Disinfecting Stables.
481. Concrete on the Live-Stock Farm.
482. How to Grow Pears.
483. Thornless Prickly Pears.
484. Spotted Fever.
485. Sweet Clover. 487. Cheese in the Diet.
488. Diseases of Cahhage, etc.
489. Two Imported Plant Diseases.
490. Bacteria in Milk.
492. Fungous Enemies of the Apple.
493. English Sparrow Pest.
494. Lawn Soils and Lawns.
495. Alfalfa Seed Production.
496. Raising Hares and Rahhits.
498. Texas-fever Tick.
500. Control of the Boll Weevil.
501. Cotton Improvement.
502. Timothy in the Northwest. 503. Comh Honcy.
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Handy Things to Know -
A rod is 161/2 feet, or 51/2 yards.
A mile is 320 rods.
A mile is 1,760 yards.
A mile is 5,280 feet.
A square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard contains 9 square feet.
A square rod is 2721/4 square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet.
An acre contains 4,840 square yards. An acre contains 160 square .rods.
A quarter section contains 160 acres.
An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods long.
An acre is about 2083/4 feet square.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
A pint (of water) weighs 1 pound.
A solid foot of water weighs 621/2 pounds.
A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. A barrel of salt weighs 280 pounds.
A barrel of beef weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A barrel of fish weighs 200 pounds. A keg of powder equals 25 pounds.
A stone of lead or iron equals 14 pounds.
A pig of lead or iron equals 211/2 stone.
Anthracite coal broken-cubic foot- averages 54 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-43 cubic feet. Bituminous coal broken-cubic foot- averages 49 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Rosendale, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-48 cubic feet. Cement (hydraulic) Louisville, weight per bushel, 62 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Portland, weight per bushel, 96 pounds.
Gypsum ground, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, loose, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, well shaken, weight per bushel, 80 pounds.
Sand at 98 pounds per cubic foot, per bushel, 1221/2 pounds.
18.29 bushels equal a ton. 1,181 tons cubic yard.
MEASURING HAY AND CORN
Hay is often sold in the mow or stack where the weight has to be estimated. For this purpose 400 cubic feet of hay is considered a ton. The actual weight of 400 cubic feet of hay will vary ac- cording to the quality of the hay, time of cutting, position in mow, etc. For making an estimate in a given case multiply together the length, breadth and height of the mow or stack in feet and divide the product by 400. The quotient will be the number of tons.
Corn is measured by the following rule: A heaped bushel contains 2,748 cubic inches. To find the number of bushels of corn in a crib it is therefore necessary merely to multiply together the length, width and height in inches and divide the product by 2,748. The number of bushels of shelled corn will be two-thirds of the quotient. If the sides of the crib are. slanting, it will be necessary to multiply together one- half the sum of the top and bottom widths with the height and length.
The legal weight of a bushel of shelled corn in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia is 56 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mary- land 32 pounds constitute a bushel of oats; in New Jersey, 30 pounds.
A bushel of wheat is placed at 60 pounds by most of the states of the . Union.
Pennsylvania recognizes 56 pounds as a bushel of white potatoes. In Mary- land, New Jersey and Virginia the legal weight is 60 pounds.
A bushel of clover seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 60 pounds; in Mary- land, 60 pounds; in New Jersey, 64 pounds; in Virginia, 60 pounds.
A bushel of timothy seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 45 pounds, and the same weight in most adjacent states.
To estimate the amount of land in different fields under cultivation use the following table :
5 yards wide by 968 yards long, 1 acre
10 yards wide by 484 yards long, 1 acre
20 yards wide by 242 yards long, 1 acre .
40 yards wide by 121 yards long, 1 acre
70 yards wide by 69 1/7 yards long, 1 acre
80 yards wide by 6012 yards long, 1 acre
60 feet wide by 726 feet long, 1 acre
110 feet wide by 396 feet long, 1 acre
120 feet wide by 363 feet long, 1 acre
220 feet wide by 198 feet long, 1 acre
240 feet wide by 181}} feet long, 1 acre
440 feet wide by 99
feet long, 1 acre
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Seed Per Acre
It requires less seed per acre to sow in hills or rows than to sow broadcast. The hill or row system permits of after cultivation, which is not possible with a broadcasted crop. In all calculations for hill and drills it must be remembered that an acre of land contains 43,560 square feet. A square piece of land, 209 feet on a side, contains about an acre. The following figures are merely suggestive, as practice varies with locality :
ALFALFA, 25 to 30 lbs, broadcast.
ASPARAGUS, 4 to 5 lbs. in drills; 1 oz. to 50 feet of row.
BARLEY, 112 to 2 bushels drilled; 2 to 21/2 bushels broadcast.
BEANS, bush, 11/2 bushels in drills.
BEANS, pole, 10 to 12 qts., in hills.
BEETS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills.
BUCKWHEAT, 1 bushel, broadcast.
CABBAGE, 14 1b. in seed bed, to be trans- planted.
CARROT, 3 to 4 lbs., in drills.
CELERY, about 1 oz. for 2,000 plants; 1 lb. per acre.
CLOVER, red, 8 to 10 lbs., broadcast.
CLOVER, crimson, 15 lbs., broadcast.
CLOVER, white, 6 lbs., broadcast.
CORN, field and sweet, 8 to 10 qts.
CORN, ensilage, 12 qts., in drills.
Cow PEAS, 1 bushel, in drills; 112 bush- els, broadcast.
CUCUMBERS, 2 lbs., in drills.
EGG PLANT, 1 oz. seed for 1,000 plants : 14 lb. to the acre.
GRASS, lawn, 2 to 4 lbs., broadcast.
LETTUCE, 1 oz. of seed to 1,000 plants; 1/2 lb. to the acre.
MELON, musk, 2 to 3 lbs., in hills.
MELON, water, 4 to 5 lbs., in hills.
MILLET, 1 bushel, broadcast.
OATS, 3 bushels, broadcast.
ONIONS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills; for sets. 30 to 50 lbs., in drills.
PARSNIPS, 4 to 6 lbs., in drills.
PEAS, 1 to 2 bushels, in drills.
POTATOES (cut) 8 to 10 bushels.
PUMPKINS, 4 to 5 lbs., in hilis.
RADISHES, 8 to 10 lbs., in drills.
RYE, 34 to 11/2 bushels, in drills. SPINACH, 10 to 12 lbs., in drills; run- ning sorts, 3 to 4 lbs.
SQUASH, bush, 4 to 6 lbs., in hills.
TIMOTHY, 15 to 20 1bs., broadcast, if used alone; less if sown with other grasses. TOMATOES, 18 1b. in seed bed, to be transplanted.
TURNIPS, 1 to 2 lbs., in drills; 2 to 3 lbs., broadcast.
WHEAT, 11/2 bushels, broadcast.
Suitable Distance for Planting Trees
Apples-Standard .. 25 to 35 feet apart each way Apples-Dwarf
(bushes) 10
Pears-Standard .. . 10 to 20
Pears-Dwarf
10
Cherries-Standard .18 to 20
Cherries-Dukes and Morrellos . 16 to 18
Plums-Standard 15 to 20
Peaches
. 16 to 18
Apricots
16 to 18
Nectarine'.
. 16 to 18
Quinces
10 to 12
Currants
3 to 4
Gooseberries
3 to
4
Raspberries
3 to 5
Blackberries
6 to 7
Grapes
8 to 12
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Shingles Required in a Roof
Double the rafters and multiply by length of building. Multiply this by 9 if exposed 4 inches, by 8 if exposed 41/2 inches, and by 7 1/5 if exposed 5 inches to the weather. $
One thousand shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, will. cover 100 square feet of surface.
Eight hundred shingles, 5 inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet.
One thousand shingles require 5 pounds of four-penny nails.
Five to ten per cent. should be al- lowed to these figures to cover waste and shortage.
One thousand laths will cover 70 yards of surface, and take 11 pounds of nails. Two hundred and fifty pickets will - make 100 lineal feet of fence.
Nails Required
For 1,000 shingles, 31/2 to 5 pounds 4d., or 3 to 31/2 pounds 3d.
For 1.000 laths about 7 pounds 3d. fine, or 8 pounds 2d. fine. For 1,000 feet clapboards (siding), about 18 pounds 6d. box.
For 1,000 feet covering boards, about 20 pounds 8d. common, or 25 pounds 10d.
Nails-Common
Size
3d
4d
6d
8d 10d 12d
Length
.11/
.500
300
165
90
62
45
Size
. 16d
20d
30d
40d 50d
Length
.. 3/
4
4 1/2 `18
5
5 1/4
60d 6
No. to 1b .. 35
24
13 10 8
Eighteen to twenty-five
pounds of nails are required per 1,000 feet of lumber.
Grease a nail and it won't split wood.
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