THE 



FARMER S POCKET COMPANION. 



METHOD OF MEASURING LAND. 



THE content of land is estimated in acres, roods, and 

 perches, forty of which perches make one rood, and four 

 roods make one acre. In adding any different quantities 

 of land into one sum, if the perches amount to more than 

 forty and under eighty, set down the odd perches above 

 forty, and carry one to the roods ; if the perches exceed 

 eighty and are under one hundred and twenty, set down 

 the odd perches above eighty, and carry two to the roods ; 

 and so on, carrying one to the roods for every forty 

 perches, and setting down the remainder under the 

 perches. And if the roods, when added together, amount 

 to more than four, carry one to the acre for every four 

 roods, and set down the remainder under the roods. 

 The following examples will suffice for elucidation : 



First Example. Second Example. Third Example. 



A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. 



8 1 16 3 2 14 5 2 18 

 3 2 24 4 3 15 4 1 36 

 1 2 14 319 6 28 



13 2 14 11 2 38 16 1 2 



In theirs* example, the perches when added together 

 amount to fifty-four ; these being one rood and fourteen 

 perches, I set down the fourteen under the perches, and 

 carry one to the roods, which will make the roods six, 

 or one acre two roods, which is the reason of the two 

 being placed under the roods, the one being carried to 



(9) 



