The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-20
A Boil Of Wool is the same weight.

n UCN ~ " OOC is ! Stone POUNDS
-240 pounds, pack load for horse,
A Tod of Wool is 2 stone, that s 2S
pounds | 2 tods wey and weys
a sack
A Ciorc Of Wool 10 pounds, or half
astOne Rocollect, stone is Ia pounds,
when talking of wool, feathers, &c, but
when applied to beef, fish, aud other
meats, it is only pounds
A T'uSs Of Hay, new, GO pounds; old,
Sc of straw, 40 pounds. A load, SO
tfusses
A Frk,n Of Butter is Sc pounds; a
tub, ga.
A Scotch Pint contains los cubic
inches. and is equal to 4 English pints.
A HwlOt of Wheat is 2l Id Scotch
puts.
Troy Weight and AvOirdnpois
IVcight-One hundred and forty four
pounds avordupois are equrl to us
pounds Troy-l75 ounces Troy are equal
to 1872 ounces avoirdupois. All precious
metals are bought aud sold by Troy
weight.
Tile KUogrammc of France. is 1000
grammes ani equal to 2 pouad' 2 ounc'
e., grains avoirdupois.
a ChaAIron Of Coal is 50 s cubic
feet. generally estimated Sc bushels A
bushcl of anthracite coal weighs so
pounds, which makes tie weight of
choldrou 2,sSO
Weights Of q Cubic Foot-Of sand
or loose earth, 95 pounds: compact soil,
l24; a strong or olayey SOIL I27 pure
clay, l3J mixture of stones and clay.
100 ; masonry of stone. 20j brick, 1876
cast iron, $50 steel, 4so; copper, 4sG
lead, 70o; silver, 655 gold, 1908
plantina, 1918; glass, $50 water, 62
tallow, SO; cork, l5 oak timbor, 7S;
mahogany, Go; air, 00753 10 the a
bove, fraci1ns ara disregardcd.
a Bale Of Cotton, in Egypt, is 90
pounds; in America, commercial bale
is 400 pounds, but is put up 10 different
Staes varying from $50 to 720 pounds
Sea Island Cotton is put up in sacks of
800 pounds
4 Bale of Hay is 800 pounds.
A Cord of I'Iood is l2S solid feet,
usually put up 8 feet long feet wide
aud high. la France cord of wood
is SIC feet.
4 Stack Of Wood is los solid feet
Is feet long 8 high and wide. A skid
If wood il round bundle Of small sticks
4 feet long, gir,ing for ono notch, l6
inches two,notch, 23 inches three
notch, % inches four notch, 80 inches
fvc.noich, SO inches a billet of wood,
is similar to a skid, being three feet loLg
7. 10 aud Ia inches round. They are
sold by the score or hundred. \ score
is 20 in number
Tagots are bundles of brush ) feet
long and feet round A load of fagots
is so such bundles a quintai Of wood
is 100 pounds. All fuel should be sold
by the pound.
A Perch of Stone is 25 cubic feet,
piled, or % in the wall
Lime and Sand to perch Of stone
Three pecks Of lime, and two.thirds Of
onc.horse cart load Of sand,
Weight Of Limc-A bushel Of limo
stono weighs l42 pounds; after it is
burned, it weighes directly from the kiln,
rs pounds; showing that 67 pounds Of
carbonic acid and water have baen driv.
eli off by fire. This bushe! of lime will
absorb 90 pounds of water, gradually ap.
piled during several days, and will then
be in a state of dry powder. weighing 90
pounds showing that 8 pounds of wa.
ter have been converted into a slod, dry
substance.
TO Measure 7'un Of Hay-One
hundred cubic feet Of hay, in a solid NOW
or stack, will weigh tuu.
To Measure Cattle 6y Compute
UcigM.-Asccrtain tho girth back of
the shoulders, aud the length along the
back, from the square of the buttock, to
a point even with the point of the shoul.
der blade; say tho girth is 6 feet inch.
es, and the length 5 feet 3 inches, which,
multiplied together, gives 8 feot Null
tiply this by 2S, the number OF pounds
allowed to tue foot between and 7 feet
girtb, and the result is 7l3 pounds, for
the number of pounds Of beef in the four
quarters Girths, from to feet, al.
low 3 pounds to the foot. Cattle must
bo fat and square bull. to hold out
weight,
To Measure Grain in Bins, multi
ply the length aud width together, and
that product BY the heish in cubic inch
es, and divide by 2l50, and you have the
number of bushels.
To Measure Corn in the Ear, find
the cubic inches as above, and divide by
2sl5, be cubic in beaped bushel, and
take twothirds Of the quoient for the
number of bushels Of shelled corn This
is upon the rule of giving three heaping
half bushels Of ears to make bushel Of
grain. Some fails short aud some over.
run this measure.
Board Measure. Board, are sold by
face measure. Multiply tho width in
inches by any number of pieces of equal
length, by the inches of the length. Di'
vide by l44, and the quotient is the num-
ber Of feet for any thickness under an
inch, Every fourth inch increase Of
thickness adds fourth to the number of
feet in the face measure.
Land Measure, Every farmer should
have rod measure, light, stiff pole,
just l6 l-2 feet losg, for measuring land
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