GRAIN AND PRODUCE  Per Bushel

Apples, Dried 26 Pounds

Bran 20 Pounds

Barley 48 Pounds

Buckwheat 52 Pounds

Beans, White 60 Pounds

Corn Meal 50 Pounds

Corn or Rye 56 Pounds

Corn, in ear 70 Pounds

Clover Seed 60 Pounds

Flax Seed 56 Pounds

Millet 56 Pounds

Oats 32 Pounds

Onions 57 Pounds

Peas 60 Pounds

Potato 60 Pounds

Swt. Potato 55 Pounds

Peaches, Dried 33 Pounds

Turnips 55 Pounds

Timothy Seed 45 Pounds

Wheat 60 Pounds

The legal weights in some states differ from above but in business such variations are usually disregarded.

FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDING

Per Acre

Asparagus 5 Pounds

Beets 6 Pounds

Buckwheat 1 Bushel

Beans, Pole 3 Gallons

Beans, Dwarf 1 ½ Bushels

Corn 2 ½ Bushels

Celery 1 ½ oz. per 1000 Plants

Clover 16 Pounds

Carrots 4 Pounds

Cabbage ½ oz. per 1000 Plants

Cow Peas 2 Bushels

Cucumbers 2 Pounds

Cauliflower 1 oz. per 1000 Plants

Lettuce 1 ½ Ounces

Mustard ½ Bushel

Melon, Musk 3 Pounds

Melon, Water 5 Pounds

Onions 6 Pounds

Onion, seed for sets 30 Pounds

Orchard Grass 30 Pounds

Peas 2 Bushels

Parsnips 6 Pounds

Pumpkins 5 Pounds

Potatoes, cut tubers 8 Bushels

Rye 1 ½ Bushels

Radish 10 Pounds

Sage 10 Pounds

Squash 5 Pounds

Spinach 12 Pounds

Turnips 2 Pounds

Tomatoes 4 Ounces

Vetch 1 Bushel

INCUBATION PERIODS

Chickens 21 Days

Ducks 30 Days

Geese 30 Days

Guineas 28 Days

Pigeons 21 Days

Pheasants 25 Days

Turkeys 28 Days

EASY ESTIMATES

BEST SIZE FOR SILOS

The average silo is about 12 feet in diameter and 32 feet high. A silo 12 feet by 32 feet will hold about 75 tons of silage – 34 feet high about 80 tons – 36 feet high about 87 tons – 38 feet high about 94 tons – 40 feet high about 101 tons. It is better to build two small silos than one large one.

TO MEASURE EAR CORN IN CRIB

Determine the number of cubic feet and multiply by 4: then divide by 10. Most corn in cribs is figured by this rule. However, if the cobs are well filled and corn sound and dry, divide by 9. If cobs are not well filled or if corn is damp, divide by 11.

TO MEASURE CORN IN BINS

To find the number of bushels of grain in a bin, multiply length by the width by the height, thus ascertaining the number of cubic feet and deduct one-fifth. For instance, a bin containing 10 cubic feet will hold 8 bushels of grain, 8 being the four-fifths of 10.

CAPACITY OF BOXES, BINS, ETC.

A box four feet eight inches long, by two feet four inches wide and two feet four inches deep will contain twenty bushels.

A box twenty-four inches long by sixteen inches wide and twenty-eight inches deep will contain a barrel.

A box twenty-six inches long and fifteen and one-half inches wide by eight inches deep will hold a bushel.

A box twelve inches long by eleven and one-half inches wide and nine inches deep will contain a half-bushel.

TO ESTIMATE NUMBER OF TONS OF HAY

In Square of Oblong Stacks

Multiply the length in feet by the width in feet and this figure by one-half the height. Divide the result by 300.

In Round Stacks

Square the distance around the stack in yards. Multiply this by 4 times the height in yards. Point off two places from the right and divide the remainder by 20.

MEASURE OF SURFACE

144 Square Inches 1 Square Foot

9 Square Feet 1 Square Yard

30 ¼ Square Yards 1 Square Rod

40 Square Rods 1 Square Root

4 Square Roots 1 Acre

640 Acres 1 Square Mile

272 ¼ Square Feet 1 Square Rod

43,560 Square Feet 1 Acre

DRY MEASURE

2 Pints 1 Quart

8 Quarts 1 Peck

4 Pecks 1 Bushel

36 Bushels 1 Chaldron

2,150.42 Cubic In. 1 Standard Bushel

1 Cubic Foot App. 4/5 Bushel

MISCELLANEOUS DATA

200 Pounds Flour 1 Barrel

200 Pounds Beef or Pork 1 Barrel

135 Pounds Potatoes 1 Barrel

135 Pounds Apples 1 Barrel

280 Pounds Salt 1 Barrel

350 Pounds Sugar 1 Barrel

100 Pounds Nails 1 Keg

1 Gallon Water 8 1/3 Pounds

1 Gallon Milk 8-3/5 Pounds

1 Gallon Kerosene 6 ½ Pounds

1 Cubic Foot Water 62 ½ Pounds

U.S. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE

A township: 36 sections – each one mile square.

A section: 640 acres.

A quarter section: ½ mile square – 160 acres.

An eighth section: ½ mile long, north and south and 1/4 mile wide – 80 acres.

A sixteenth section: ¼ mile square – 40 acres.e