THE CORN LADY 



SUPPLEMENT 

 FARM ARITHMETIC PROBLEMS 



Reckoning Farm Crops 



The ordinary rule for figuring ear corn in the 

 crib is to count two bushels to each five cubic feet. 

 Multiply together the length, width, and depth of the 

 crib in feet and take two-fifths of it, which will give 

 you the number of bushels. 



1. A crib of corn is 10 feet wide, 32 feet long, 

 and has an average of 10 feet of corn in it. How 

 many bushels? 



2. A crib of corn 10 feet wide is made up of 

 three 16-foot sections. Two of these sections are full 

 to the top, 10 feet high throughout. The third 16- 

 foot section is 8 feet high with corn at one end slop- 

 ing off to 4 feet* at the other end. How much corn 

 in each of the full sections, and how much in this 

 last one partly full? How much corn in crib alto- 

 gether ? 



*Take average height (8 feet plus 4 feet divided by 

 2, equals 6 feet). 



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