The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-02
a GEM FOR EVERY MONTH.
.JANUARY.

JANUARY.
By her who in this month is born
n gem save garnets shall be worm
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they the amethyst will wear.
MARCH.
Who in this world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise;
In days of peril firm and brave,
And wear bloodstone to their grave.
APRIL.
She who from April dates her years.
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem of innocence is known.
MAY.
Who first beholds the light of day
In springs sweet fiowery month of May,
And wears an emerald all her life,
Shall be loved and happy wife.
JUNE.
Who comes with summer to this earth,
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth and long life command.
JIL4,
The glowing ruby should adorn
Those who In warm July are born;
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts aud anxiety.
August.
Wear a sardonyx or for thee
No congenial felicity;
The August born without this stone
Tis said must live unloved and lone.
SEpTENfRETe
A maiden born when Autumn leaves
Are rlstling III Septenber's breeze,
A sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
OCTOBER
October's child is born for woe,
And life's vicissitutles must know:
But lay an opal ON her breast.
And hope viii lull those woes to rest.
NOVEMBER. q
Who first comes to this world below,
With drear November'S fog and SHOW.
Should prize the topaz, amber hue
Elnblems of friends and lovers true.
DECEMBER.
If cold December gave you birth,
The month of snow and ice and mirth
Place on your hand turquoise blue,
Successes will bless what'er you do.
MEAsUREING HAY.-To a subscri-
Der who asks for mode of estimating
the quantity of tons of hay in the stack,
an exchange says: sThe answer is of
necessity, considerably modified by cir
cumstances such as the different kinds
OF grass and clover, and the more or
less dry and tightly packed, &c.
From considerable practice and obser-
vation, we can give rules which will
approximate near enough for ordinary
purposes. Timothy, Red Top, and
most other grasses, are generally from
one eighth to one sixth heavier than
clover, or wild prairie grass. Thor
oughly cured, air dried and well-pressed
timothy hay. in the stack, requires IL
to IL cubic or solid yards to weigh
ton; and clover hay, equally dry and
pressed, takes 13 to Is solid yards to
weigh ton. Hay in large NOW or
barn, is usually a little heavier than the
stack, becoming more closely packed,
so that one or two less number of cubic
yards arc required to weigh a ton. To
ascertain the number of tons of hay IN
NOW or building, multiply the length.
breadth and depth together, and divide
the product by the number of solid
yards in a ton, and the result or quo
tient will be the number of tons in your
NOW; for instance-your NOW of clover
Is yards long, 5 yards wide, and
yards deep 7x5x3-105 solid yards; this
divided by Is solid yards in ton gives
6 l 8 tons in the NOW; if the hay be
timothy, which is little heavier, divide
the l05 by II, and you have tons;
but having the above rule, any school
boy can work out all required results.''