The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03
agricultural Column.
Weights and Measures of Various Farm Products
and Other Things, in Various Countries.

Weights and Measures of Various Farm Product,
and Other Things, in Various Countries.
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
2,16O 42-100 cubic inches. There,
since 1926, the legal measure is called
the imperial bushel, which contains
2,21S cubic inches; so that 80 Of their
bushels are about equal to 50 Of ours.
The following are the commercial
weights Of bushel of different articles,
viz: Wheat, beans, potatoes and clover
seed, 60 pounds. Corn on the cob
weighs 70 pounds. Corn, rye, faxseed
and onions, Sc pounds. Buckwheat,
50; barley, 4S; hemp seed, "A; Tim
othy seed, 45; castor beans, 46; oats,
80; bran, 90; blue grass seed, IA !;
salt, SO, according to one account, but
Onondaga salt is Sc (the real weight of
course is IS pounds to the bushel);
dried apples, "a; dried peaches, 33 ;
according to table lately published in
numerous papers, but according to our
experience both are wrong. We have
seen thousands of bushels sold at %
pounds to the bushel, which Will meas
ure about three pecks.
Heaping Measures. Potatoes :,
turnips, and esculent roots, apples and
other fruits, meal and bran, and in
some States oats, are sold by heaping
measure, which contains 2,S15 cubic
inches. The size Of a Winchester
bushel measure is circular ring with
straight sides 8 inchces high and Is IL
in diameter. A box II inches square,
with sides ~ 1872 inches high, will
hold half bushel.
Barrel Measurcs.-Rice, 600 lbs !;
flour, 1876 pounds powder, 20 pounds;
cider and other liquids, 80 gallons /;
corn, S 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 barrel Of corn is barrel full
of ears. In some parts of the West it
is common to count hundred ears for
q bushel.
Ton Height and Ton Measure.
"A ton Of hay, or any coarse, bulky
article usually sold by that measure, is
twenty gross hundred; that is, 2,24O
pounds /; though in many places that
ridiculous old fashion is being done
away with, and 1900 pounds only
counted to a ton.
A ton Of lumber, If round, consist of
40 cubic feet /; if square, 81 feet. A
tun of wine is 252 gallons.
To Measure a Ton Of Hdy.-
One hundred cubic feet of hay, in a solid
NOW or stack, will weigh ton.
TO Measure Cattle by Compute
Weight.-Ascertain the girth back to
the shoulders, and the length along the
back, from the square of the bullock,
to point even with the point Of the
shoulder blade +; say the girth is 6
feet four inches, and the length 5 feet
3 inches, which, multiplied together,
gives 81 feet. Multiply this by %, the
number of pounds allowed to the foot,
between 5 and girth, and the result is
713 pounds, for the number of pounds of
beef in the four quarters. Girths from
Z to 9 feet allow 81 pounds to the foot.
Cattle must be fat and square built to
hold out weight.
To Measure Grain en- Bins, null
tiply the length and width together, and
that product by the heighth in cubic
inches, and divide by $50, and you
have the number of bushels.
To Measure Corn in the Ear
Find the cubic inches as above, and
divide by 2,S15, the cubic inches in a |
heaped bushel, and take two-thirds of
the quotient 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
falls short and some overruns this meas
IRE.
Board Aeasures.-Boards are sold
by the face measure. Multiply the
width in inches by any number Of pieces
If equal length, by the inches Of the
ength. Divide by IA, and the quo
lent is the number of feet for any
thickness under an inch. Every fourth
nch increase Of thickness adds fourth
o the number of feet in the face meas
re.
Land Measure.-Every farmer
bonld have 4 rod measure, a light. stiff