Quantity of Seed per Acre.
borne farmers and writers on agriculture put great stress on the early sowing, to save seed ; but the stress ought to oe put more especially on the condition of the land. There is little good in getting a thicK braird if the land cannot bring it to maturity. Let the land be in good heart, and it will tiller out thick enough with a small quantity, of seed. We do not doubt that the land will throw off more tillers in the early part of the season than it will when the cooler part of the year -draws on; but we question the advantage to be gained on poor land by having so many stems proceeding from one root; we think it would.be better to have the plants more distributed.over the ground. .When the land is rough. enough to bear a crop, | three pecks may do for early, sowing I when the-seedis good; five or six. pecks may be required when the season is late j and the weather cold. •
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 8, 27 August 1874, Page 4
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