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Article LVI. 



Cahilalions of the Weight per Bufhel^ and the Number 

 of Grains i of fundry Seeds. 



[By George Winter, efq; of Charlton.] 



ONE acre of land drilled at a foot diftance, on 

 ridges of 8 feet 3 inches wide, contains in 

 length 505,880 inches. 



A bulhel of wheat, weighing 62 pounds, con- 

 tains 5 1 6,000 grains. Dropping one grain to an 

 inch requires lefs than a bufhel to an acre. 



A bufliel of barley, weighing 52 pounds, contains 

 515,000 grains. 



A bufliel of Poplar or pig peafe, weighing 64 

 pounds, contains 107,000 peafe. 



A bufliel of horfe beans, weighing 64 pounds, 

 contains 35,000 beans. 



A bufliel of oats, weighing 32 pounds, contains 

 1,260,000 grains. 



As all grain, &c. vary in fize, the number con- 

 tained in a bufliel will be increafed or diminiflied : 

 but the above are the average numbers. 



G. W, 



