Gunnison news-champion., 1914-12-04
. uu RI = n HlM
a.u. = 6. BEL - F.a..l aaa f.-m.

sssn. J. G. ssa ~ Fsssa ssa fs<m.
WiH yaa psea-s gsss - the pssosse ssss
s~s-s sRs~a rssss for measuring srEeEssnr
-ssass 81 Alfalfa has Most pesg,ss ~
the Jae.nsp&ngre valley ssssxsGt ~
xId-t iron tf.e oser. d.ssde sne resuas
by 2. nsassspis snss ~ tss ~sash. ~
length AMI assiae the .amser of euissc
feet oesasnsd hs sgz n " ussssssd b.
soms ssss the s.ssseF rss.s " - adj ths
over and ~Risa. asS.ssp she resois ~ 4
square the result shss obtained. mutt
ply tnis proa.sc; by the ,snesh and d.
viae ~ 5lZ.
Uysn a tess 81 sne rssis on q stack
feet hign. " faet vIsis and ~ feet long.
The tss having been taken of-~here es
the ordinary rgies os mathsmasies the
exact nsnier of csb,c feet u found to
he zi6l. making 4 tons. llz esp'e ieet-
BY the s0-cali.a rule mentioned tns
exact resait is obtained. ~ the 80
called raie there Is gam ei ss2 cubic
feet which we know Is wr,ne. The
same rules Were tested by reducing tbs
stack IA height to feet, or taSIng the
base OF the same stack feet high. II
feet wide aad ~ feet hong aud by sctusi
mathematical test. II contains Izv cubic
feet on ton. 2Is cubic feet. The SO
called 2 rude comedies with this exactly.
while tine so-called 4 rsls gives l47o
CUBIC feet or TIVE tons. is6 cubic feet.
more than twice as much hay as we can
demonstrate TO be IN this stack.
Or # We reduce the base OF the STACK
to | foot in height. multiply the width
OF IL feet by the iength ~ feet, and by
the height foot. gives us bat 80 cubic
feet, little more than half q ton. The
so-calied rule gives the same results,
but when tested by the rule it makes
q gam over the demonstrated number of
~ cubic OF y07 feet more than 10 IN
the base Of the stack. This rvle ie
insisted upon by many people and thsse
must he some form Of stock s0Re-
where upon which it may he safely ~
piled. In the ordinsry stack in The keld
the four rule gains about Is to II pr
cent upoa the so-called rule; bet yss
will sce as you hatteR the stack 1t Gsias
until it runs into en- sbsardity.
Note by the E<iitor In ous fssty
yesrs' experience in these nsstsss vs
have Revss seen aRythiaG sMpsovsd ~
the two rules, both II which ~ hsve
slways said we've wholly ansstisfsetery.
The Wyoming ssA New mesiss baGisAa-
lures have soae 20 fer - to leGslise ~
2 rule in theis statutes. TIE saly vsy
10 meas0se hay 10 70 weigh Il - II
growers vsusd pvt IN farm scales vAicA
essts - nsse tAea thsse - fsss tsas e
Aay, thsse wouIA be NJ tsss1Ale sad -
sowing n hay end essd fsllowskip vsu1d
sssa pey for the scolss. Ne sppssoisee
~ G4eseRee IN eoaputstiaa - bssSUht
81 ~ JuAee BeM, kst 1t 10 possible
thst much Of the drficiency may srise
in feet by using the Sne divisor Of 5l2
ts STRIVE at the cubic contents of . ton
Of hay. The fipeness Of the hay. its
period in the stack and the manner in
which il hes settled set w very great
variations running I'll the vay from Sls
for IN old stack of Colorado bluestem
to 512 for = newly set rick of coarse
alfalfa. In the Judges case however,
in dealing purely with the mathematics
of the stack dimensions, would it not be
fsirly equitable to split the difference in
the results obtained from the and Z
rules and let it 60 at thst?[