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Show WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. MEASURES OF WEIGHT.-Avoirdupois: 1 pound equals 7000 grains; 16 drams, 1 ounce ; 16 ounces, 1 pound; 112 pounds, 1 hundredweight; 20 hundredweight, 1 ton. Troy : 1 pound equals 5760 grains ; 24 grains, 1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce ; 12 ounces, 1 pound. Apothecaries': 1 pound equals 5760 grains ; 20 grains, 1 scruple ; 3 scruples, 1 dram; 8 drams, 1 ounce; 12 ounces, 1 pound. Metric: 1 kilogramme equals 1000 grammes, equals 2.2 Avoirdupois pounds. MEASURE OF LENGTH. - Customary : 12 inches equal 1 foot; 16 1/2 feet, 1 rod; 40 rods, 1 furlong; 8 furlongs, 1 statute mile ; 1 statute mile, 5280 feet or 1760 yards; 1 marine league, 3 nautical miles; 1 fathom, 6 feet; 1 nautical mile equals 6080.2 feet. Metric: 1000 millimetres equal 1 metre; 1000 metres, 1 kilometre; 1 metre equals 39.37 inches. SURFACEOR SQUARE MEASURE.- Customary: 144 square inches equal 1 square foot; 9 square feet, 1 square yard; 30.25 square yards, 1 square rod; 40 square rods, 1 square rood; 4 square roods, 1 acre; 640 acres, 1 square mile; 1 acre equals 208.7 feet square. Metric : 1 square metre equals 1 acre; 100 acres, 1 hectare ; 1 hectare equals about 2.5 (2.47) acres. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE.- Customary: 1728 cubic inches equal 1 cubic foot; 27 cubic feet, 1 cubic yard ; 40 cubic feet of round timber, 1 ton ; 50 cubic feet of hewn timber, 1 ton; 128 cubic feet of wood (4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet), cord; 24.75 cubic feet of stone, 1 perch - usually 16 1/2 feet by feet by 1 foot, but varies greatly. Metric: 1000 cubic centimetres equal 1 litre, equals .946 quart. LIQUID MEASURE.-English gallon equals 277.463 cubic inches; U. S. gallon equals 231 cubic inches; 4 gills, 1 pint; pints, 1 quart; 4 quarts, 1 gallon. DRY MEASURE.-1 bushel equals 2150.42 cubic inches; 2 pints, 1 quart; 4 quarts, 1 gallon ; 2 gallons, 1 peck; 4 pecks, 1 bushel. Metric: 10 millilitres equal 1 centilitre; 10 centilitres, 1 decilitre; 10 decilitres, 1 litre; 1 litre, 1.06 quarts. POUNDS PER BUSHEL.-The weight per bushel of different articles differs in different States. Revised Statutes of the U. S., Sec. 2919: " For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight instead of by measuring; and sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of corn, fifty-six pounds of barley, thirty-two pounds of oats, sixty pounds of peas, and forty pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel." CAPACITY OF BOXES. 25 in. sq., 11.66 in. deep = Approx. 1 wine barrel. 20 " " 9.10 " " = " 1 wine half barrel. 17 "x 14 in. 9.00 " " = " 1 bushel. 10 "x 12" 9.00 " " = " 1/2 " 8 "square,8.40 " " = " 1 peck. 8 " " 4.20 " " = " 1 gal. (dry measure). 7 " diam., 6.00 " " = " 1 gal. (liquid measure). COMPARATIVE YIELD IN POUNDS PER ACRE. Hops 442 Plums 2,000 Grass 7,000 Wheat 1,260 Cherries 2,000 Potatoes 7,500 Barley 1,600 Onions 2,800 Apples 8,000 Oats 1,840 Hay 4,000 Turnips 8,420 Peas ....... 1,920 Pears 5,000 Cabbages ... 10,900 Beans 2,000 Carrots 6,800 Parsnips....11,200 PERCENTAGE OF NUTRITION IN VARIOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD. Cucumbers....2 Boiled codfish.21 Rye bread 79 Melons 3 Potatoes 22 1/2 Boiled beans... .87 Turnips 4 1/2 Fried veal 24 Boiled rice 88 Milk 7 Roast pork....24 Barley bread....88 Cabbage 7 1/2 Roast poultry.26 Wheat bread 90 Currants 10 Beef. 26 Baked cornbread91 Eggs 13 Grapes 27 Boiled barley .. .92 Beets 14 Plums 29 Butter 93 Apples 16 Broiled mutton30 Boiled peas 93 Peaches 20 Oatmeal p'dge 75 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Barley, bushels.. 72,760,000 Oats, bushels 661,035,000 Buckwheat," .. 11,000,000 Oranges, boxes 7,000,000 Butter and cheese, Peanuts, bushels .. 2,600,000 tons 610,000 Potatoes, " ..155,000,000 Cotton, bales .... 6,717,142 Rye, " .. 31,750,000 Flax, bushels.... 11,104,440 Sugar, pounds 481,270,222 Hay, tons 50,000,000 Tobacco, " 565,795,000 Hops, pounds ...1,987,790,000 Wheat, bushels....515,949,000 Indian corn, bu. .1,628,464,000 Wool, pounds 294,000,000 LIVE STOCK.- Number of horses, 16,206,802; mules, 2,321,128; cows, 16,424,087; oxen and other cattle, 35,954,196; sheep, 47,273,553; swine, 46,094,807. TO MEASURE CORN IN CRIB, ETC. This rule will apply to a crib of any size or kind. Two cubic feet of good, sound, dry corn in the ear will make a bushel of shelled corn. To get, then, the quantity of shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure the length, breadth, and height of the crib inside of the rail; multiply the length by the breadth, and the product by the height; then divide the product by two, and you have the number of bushels of shelled corn in the crib. To find the number of bushels of apples, potatoes, etc., in a bin, multiply the length, breadth, and thickness together, and this product by 8, and point off one figure in the product for decimals. |
