Show how much seed wheat per acre one of tho questions to which there is no definite answer is hoai much wheat shall be sown to the acre much depends on tion of the soil the degree of fertility the of bowing the liability to injury from birds and insects and on the subsequent character of the season As a rule less aeed is required when sown with a drill than broadcast less when sown early than when sown late in western new york some far mers sow only one bushel per acre still more some five pecks with a drill and six pecks if broadcast occasionally Tonally two bushela per acre are sown but probably the average is one and a half bushel the american agriculturist has readers in great britain where three bushels are sown and again in sections of our own country where three pecks are the rule to the inexperienced we can give no better addice than to recommend them te ask their neighbors there is generally some good reason for a prevailing tice if you think you neighbors are sowing too much sow a little less if you think they are sowing too little sow a peck more do not show your independence by halving or doubling tp if you do you are pretty certain to make a mistake joseph harris in american Agriculturist or august |