Food for 14 feet in diameter holds 959 gallons 



Plants 13 feet in diameter holds 827 gallons 



2 10 12 feet in diameter holds 705 gallons 



11 feet in diameter holds : 592 gallons 



10 feet in diameter holds 489 gallons 



9 feet in diameter holds 396 gallons 



8 feet in diameter holds 313 gallons 



7 feet in diameter holds 239 gallons 



6 }/ feet in diameter holds 206 gallons 



6 feet in diameter holds 176 gallons 



5 feet in diameter holds 122 gallons 



4}/ feet in diameter holds 99 gallons 



4 feet in diameter holds 78 gallons 



3 feet in diameter holds 44 gallons 



feet in diameter holds 30 gallons 



feet in diameter holds 19 gallons 



Surveyor's Measure. 



7.92 inches 1 link, 25 links 1 rod, 4 rods 1 chain, 10 square 

 chains or 160 square rods 1 acre, 640 acres 1 square mile. 



Strength of Ice of Different Thickness. 



Two inches thick will support a man. 



Four inches thick will support a man on horseback. 



Five inches thick will support an eighty -pound cannon. 



Eight inches thick will support a battery of artillery, with 

 carriages and horses. 



Ten inches thick will support an army; an innumerable 

 multitude. 



Amount of Oil in Seeds. 



Kinds of Seed. Per Cent. Oil. Kinds of Seed. Per Cent. Oil 



Rapeseed 55 Oats 



Sweet almond 47 Clover hay 5 



Tumipseed 45 Wheat bran 4 



White mustard 37 Oat straw 4 



Bitter almond 37 Meadow hay 



Hempseed 19 Wheat straw 3 



Linseed 17 Wheat flour 3 



Indian corn 7 Barley 



