CONTENTS. 



TABLES OP WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .... 1 



TABLE I. Land Measuring 7 



TABLE II. To convert yards, feet, and inches, into chains and 

 links, Imperial Measure 162 



TABLE III. To convert links, Imperial Measure, into yards, feet, 

 and inches 167 



TABLE IV. To ascertain the content of land in drills . . 169 



TABLE V. Shows the lengths and breadths which give the area of 

 an acre 180 



TABLE VI. Shows the value of land, of growing 'crop, or of work 

 done, at any rate per acre, from 3d. to 100 ; and for any 

 quantity from 1 pole to 10 acres 188 



TABLE VII. Shows the number of cabbages, trees, &c., required 

 to plant any quantity of land, from 1 pole to 10 acres, at 

 distances from 3 inches to 24 feet from each other . . 299 



TABLE VIII. Shows the number of thorns, quicksets, or paling- 

 stakes, &c., required to make a fence, from 1 yard to 2000 yards 

 in length ; and from 1 inch to 15 inches apart from each other 311 



TABLE IX. Shows the weight of growing produce, per Imperial, 

 Scotch, and Irish acre, having the weight given of produce, 

 grown on portions 1 yard in length, and from 9 inches to L 

 yard in breadth, at rates from ounce to 21 Ibs. per yard 314 



TABLE X. Shows the number of bushels of beans, barley, and oats, 

 per acre, which are equal in value to a crop of wheat, of from 

 16 to 40 bushels per acre, each kind of grain being calculated 

 at the average prices of England and Wales, for twenty years 330 



TABLE XI. Shows from any given weight of a bushel, the weight 

 of a quarter of wheat, &c., in stones of 14 Ibs. ; and the value 

 of the quarter according to its weight, at rates from f d. to If d. 

 per Ib. ; also the value of a cwt, at the same rates per Ib. 331 



TABLE XII. Shows the price of bushels, pecks, gallons, and quarts, 

 from $d. to 70s. per quarter 332 



TABLE XIII. Shows the number of cart loads of manure required 

 for an acre, laid down in heaps from 2 to 20 in a cart load, and 

 from 6 feet to 24 feet distant from each other ... 337 



