The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-30

The Constitution Of November 25th n letter
from Mr.. w. z. Watts, of Burnsvilie' Ala
asking a rule to gauge corn.
The answer evidently treats cubic 1oot
as a bushel. Is not this mistake? A
cubic foot contains LIS cubic inches, but
the legal bushel contains y AZ CUBIC
inches; hence the cubic foot Is but httle
more than three pecks. Six cubic rect
make nearly a barrel Of five bushels Neat+
ly assorted corn will shell about half the
contents of the measure in ears.
WIN you please say TO Mr.. Watts
through your paper, that we nave a ne ;,S
simple rule for gauging corn IN the crlD'
which is as follows
Multiply together the length. breadth
and depth in feet and divide the product
by twelve: If ears this gets the number OF
barrels: IL shelled divide by six, which
gets the number Of barrels. five bushels
each. This rule is ma nearly correct mat
it answers very well.
No, there was no mistake. The answer
given does not treat cubic foot as a
bushel" as we are very familiar with
the fact that a bushel contains 2.150 cubic
inches, while there are only LIS cubic
inches in a foot. The rule we gave was
based on the fact that we have observed
i'm our experience that bulk of shucked
corn viii shell as many bushels as half
the number of cubic feet in the bulk.
Many farmers assume that two heaped half
bushels of ears (shucked) Of corn are re-
quired to shell q struck half busheL But
we have never raised any good corn" Of
which three heaped half bushels of ears
would shell less that struck bushel.
Three heaped half bushels would be some
thing more than two cubic feet II then
two cubic feet OF the mass of ears viii
shell a bushel. it follows that the number
OF cubic feet in the mass. divided by two.
will give The number OF bushels of shelled
corn. We did not claim that the rule was
accurate, nor that any rule Is accurate
except the one which requires that a meas
ured portion Gin cubic ContenO OF the mass
be shelled and weighed, and then tile sim
pie rule of proportion be applied The rule
we gave, nor any other rule-except this
lasts accurate enough to sell by Accord
ing to the rule We gave mass of ear corn
l0NlGNiO feet would shell 800 bushels. Ac-
cording to your rule the same bulk would
smell 4l6.5 bushels. Probably your rule
would be falrcr when applied to an ordi-
nary or average crib of corn. while ours
would be faircr whore the corn is of first
rate and Uniform QUALIFY; but neither is
accurate. II any should care to try such
an experiment ne VIII probably find that
While OF given lot of ear corn two level
hhli bushels would shell one half Bushels
IT does not follow that it would require
two barrels OF ears TO shell one barrel and
stun less would il require two c~ibfuls To
smell ono criblul This is because the ears
VIII not SO compacty NIL a small measure
as they VIII barrel or a crib.
J. w. Reese. Brunson. S. C.-You viii
please answer the following question
through the columns of your valuable pa
per.
/. In what proportion by weight would
you mix acid Phosphate, kainit. salt and
COTTON seed to make Il complete fertilizer
for cotton or corn2
.. In exposing cotton seed to the weather
t 10 he Killed DO they lose any OF their fer
tilNnS properties!
3. What would you suggest as fertilizer
Tor sweet potatoes?
!. We are not certain that you meant
salt as your writing ia hardly legfble. If
Na ~. 4 4 IL