The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-11-26
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Of various farm Products and other
things.

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Of various farm Products and other
things.
In England and America grain is gen.
orally rated by the bushel, though it is
not the same measure; for here we use the
Winchester bushel, which contains also
42l 90 cnbic inches There, since 1925,
the legal measure is called the imperial
bushel. which contains 81 8 cubic inches,
so that 80 of their bushels are about equal
to 33 of ours.
The following are the commercial weights
of a bushel of different articles, viz: Wheat
beans, potatoes and cloverseed, 60 pounds
Corn, rye aa2seed and onions, sc pounds.
Corn on the cob weighs 70 pounds.
Bnckweat, SO; barley, 4s; hempseed, A;
timothyseed, As; ch esterbeans, 46; oats,
35; bran, 20; blue grass seed, IA; salt,
| so according to ore account, Onondaga
salt is Sc, (the real weight of coarse salt
is S5 pounds to the bushel;) dried apples;
"a; dried peaches, SO, according to a ia
ble lately published in numerous papers,
but according to our experience both are
wrong. We have seen thousands of BUSH
els sold at % pounds to the bushel, which
will measure about three pecks.
Heapimg Measures turnips
and esculent roots apples and other fruits
meal and bran, and in some States oats
are sold by heaping measure, which con-
tains 2,Sl5 cubic inches. The size of q
Winchester bushel measure, is circular
ring with straight sides inches high and
l7A in diameter A boxl inches square,
with sides ~ l-32 inches high, will hold
half a bushel. eH
Barrel lMeasure.-Rice, 600 pounds;
-four, 1876 pounds; powder 25 pounds;
cider and other liquids 80 gallons; corn 5
bushels, shelled. By this latter measure
crops are estimated, and corn bought and
sold throughout most of the Southern and
Western States. At New Orleans, bar
rel of corn is -four barrel fnll of ears.
In some parts of the West it is common
to count hundred ears for bushel.
7'un Weight and Ton Measure.-A ton
of hay or any coarse bulky article usually
sold 10y that measure, is twenty gross hum
dred; that is, 2,240 pounds, though in
many places that ridiculous old fashion is
being done away and 1000 pounds only
counted to ton. -H
A tun of timber, if round, consists o.
) 40 cubic feet; if square, 54 feet. A tur
of wine, is 252 gallons.
A quarter of corn is the fourth of a ton
or eight imperial bushels. This is al
English measure, not in use in this coun
try, though very necessary to be known
so as to understand agricultural reports
II Bale Of Cotton, in Egypt, is 80 pounds
in America, commercial bale is 400
pounds, but up in different States varying
from $50 to 720 pounds. Sea Island
cotton is put up in scales of 800 pounds
Il Bale Of Hay is 500 pounds.
4 Cord Of Wood is a 1913 solid feet
usually put up feet long, feet wide
and high. In France cord of wooe
Is 576 feet. .f z
4 Perch of stone is 25 cubic feet, piled
or % in the wall. i.
Lime and Sand to perch of stone
Three pecks of lime, and two-thirds of ,
one-horse cart load of sand.
TO Measure a Ton Of Hay.-one hun
dred cubic feet of hay, in solid NOW o.
: stack, will weigh ton.
To Measure Grain IN Bins, multipl.
the length and width together, and tha
product by the heigth in cubic inches, ant
divide by 2,l60, and you have the nun
her Of bushels. Ea
To Measure Corn an the Ear, find tn
cubic inches as above, and divide by 2,sl
the cubic inches in heaped bushel, an
, take two-thirds of shelled corn. This i
. upon the rule of giving three heapinl
half bushels of ears to make bushes Q
grain Some falls short and some over
runs this measure.