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Farm & Ranch Directory, 1967

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Gestation Tables
Service Date

Mare

 340 Days

Cow

283 Days

Ewe

150 Days

Sow

114 Days
Jan.

1
  11
  21
  31
Feb. 10
  20
Mar. 2
  12
  22
Apr. 1
  11
  21
May 1
  11
  21
  31
June 10
  20
  30
July 10
  20
  30
Aug. 9
  19
  29
Sept. 8
  18
  28
Oct. 8
  18
  28
Nov. 7
  17
  27
Dec. 7
  17
  27
   
Dec. 7
  17
  27
Jan. 6
  16
  26
Feb. 5
  15
  25
Mar. 7
  17
  27
Apr. 6
  16
  26
May 6
  16
  26
June 5
  15
  25
July 5
  15
  25
Aug. 4
  14
  24
Sept. 3
  13
  23
Oct. 3
  13
  23
Nov. 2
  12
  22
Dec. 2
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Oct. 11
  21
  31
Nov. 10
  20
  30
Dec. 10
  20
  30
Jan. 9
  19
  29
Feb. 8
  18
  28
Mar. 10
  20
  30
Apr. 9
  19
  29
May 9
  19
  29
June 8
  18
  28
July 8
  18
  28
Aug. 7
  17
  27
Sept. 6
  16
  26
Oct. 6
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
May 31
June 10
  20
  30
July 10
  20
  30
Aug. 9
  19
  29
Sept. 8
  18
  28
Oct. 8
  18
  28
Nov. 7
  17
  27
Dec. 7
  17
  27
Jan. 6
  16
  26
Feb. 5
  15
  25
Mar. 7
  17
  27
Apr. 6
  16
  26
May 6
  16
  26
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Apr. 25
May 5
  15
  25
June 4
  14
  24
July 4
  14
  24
Aug. 3
  13
  23
Sept. 2
  12
  22
Oct. 2
  12
  22
Nov. 1
  11
  21
Dec. 1
  11
  21
  31
Jan. 10
  20
  30
Feb. 9
  19
Mar. 1
  11
  21
  31
Apr. 10
  20
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

LEGAL WEIGHTS (Lbs. Per Bushel)

Apples

48

Alfalfa Seed

60

Barley

48

Beans, dried

60

Beets

56

Blue grass seed

14

Buckwheat

48

Carrots

50

Clover Seed

60

Coal

80

Coke

40

Corn on the cob (field)

70

Corn in the ear, unhusked (field)

75

Corn, shelled (field)

56

Cucumbers

48

Flax seed

56

Kaffir corn

56

Millet seed

50

Oats

32

Onions

52

Orchard grass seed

14

Peaches

48

Peaches, dried

33

Pears

45

Peas, green, unshelled

50

Peas, dried

60

Plums

48

Popcorn, on the ear

70

Popcorn, shelled

56

Potatoes

60

Rape seed

50

Red top seed

14

Rye

56

Soy beans

60

Sorghum saccharatum seed

50

Sweet corn

50

Timothy seed

45

Tomatoes

50

Walnuts, hulled

50

Wheat

60

All root crops not specified above

50
   

 

Quantity of Seed Necessary to Sow an Acre

 

lbs.: pounds
bu.: bushels
oz.: ounces

 

 
Asparagus

5 lbs.
Alfalfa

15 to 18 lbs.
Barley

2 bu.
Beans, dwarf 1 1/2 bu.
Beans, pole 12 quarts
Beets 6 lbs.
Buckwheat 1 bu.
Cabbage 1/4 bu.
Carrot 4 lbs.
Cauliflower *1 oz.
Celery *1/2 oz
Sweet Clover 12 to 15 lbs.
Corn 8 to 10 lbs.
Cow-pea 2 bu.
Cucumber 2lbs.
Cress, water 3 lbs.
Cress, upland 3 lbs.
Eggplant *1 oz.
Flax 1 bu.
Grass 4 bu.
Kale or sprouts 4 bu.
Lettuce *1 oz.
Melon, musk 3 lbs.
Melon, water 5 lbs.
Mustard 1/2 bu.
   
  * Per 1000 plants
   
 
Oats 3 to 3 1/2 bu.
Onion 6 lbs.
Onion seed for sets 30 lbs.
Onion sets 12 bu.
Orchard Grass 30 lbs.
Parsnip 6 lbs.
Peas 3 bu.
Pumpkin 5 lbs.
Potato (cut tubers) 8 bu.
Radish 10 lbs.
Rye 1 1/2 bu.
Sage 10 lbs.
Soy Beans:  
      Broadcast 90 to 120 lbs.
      Drilled 45 to 60 lbs
Sudan Grass 15 lbs.
Spinach 12 lbs.
Squash, bush 6 lbs.
Squash, running 4 lbs.
Tomato 1/4 lb.
Turnip 2 lbs.
Vetch 1 bu.
Wheat 1 1/2 to 2 bu.
   
   
   
   
   

 

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