Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-20
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MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK.
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Here are a few simple rules for de-
termining the amount of hay in a
stack or NOW, when it is not conven-
lent to weigh it, which we have print
ed several times; but give them again
i for the benefit of new subscribers and
those who forget. Selling by measure
ment is not always the most satisfac-
tory method, but it is sometimes the
most convenient. Sellers are disposed
to insist that cube of Z feet is ton.
This is entirely too small and will not
weigh out. How many cubic feet will
make ton depends on so many con-
ditions that no certain rule can be
given. 1t depends on the kind of hay,
whether timothy, alfalfa or prairie; on
the character of the hay, whether fine
or coarse; on the condition in which
it was put in the stack, the length of
time it has been there and particular
ly on the size, especially the depth of
the stack or NOW.
In a very large NOW, we'll settled,
400 cubic feet of alfalfa or timothy
may average ION but on top of the
NOW or in a small stack it requires
500 to 512 cubic feet, sometimes even
more. 1t is not safe for the buyer to
figure on less than 500 cubic feet; but
in well.flled stack, in selling, it
would be safer to weigh than to sell at
that measurement. To find the mum.
ber of tons in barn NOW or hay shed
multiply the length, depth and breadth
together and divide by the number of
cubic feet which, considering the quail
ity of hay and the condition in which
it was put up, will make a ton. For
long stacks or ricks multiply the length
in yards by the width in yards and
this by half the altitude in yards and
divide the product by Is, and this
should give the tonnage.
To measure cone-shaped stack find
the area of the base by multiplying
the square of the circumference in feet
by the decimal ,O795S and multiply the
product thus obtained by one-third of
the height in feet and then divide as
before, cutting off five righthand fig
ures. The correctness of this will de-
pend somewhat on the approximation
of the stack to regular cone, and if
the stack bulges out it makes the pro.
duct too small. The better way is to
estimate the area of the stack up to
the point of tapering in and apply the
rule to the cone-shaped top. The best
way is to weigh. The experience OF
weighing few stacks will enable any
one to judge quite correctly.
Another approximate rule for meas
uring round stack is this: Select a
place which is as near as possible to
what the average size would be if the
stack were of uniform diameter from
the ground to the top of the point.
Measure around this to get the circum-
ference. Add four ciphers to the cir
conference at the right and divide the
whole by 1859 to get the diameter.
Now multiply half the diameter by
half the circumference and the feet of
the circumference area is obtained.
Multiply by the number of feet the
stack is high and the solid or cubic
feet in the whole is ascertained. Then
divide by the number of cubic feet in
a ton, which ranges all the way from
$40 TO 512, according to the fineness
and compactness Of the hay. This
will give the number of tons in the
stack.