170 TABLE IV. CONTENT OF LAND IN DRILLS, &C. 



As there are 40 poles in a rood, the 59 poles found in the Table 

 opposite 19UO, is 1 rood 19 poles; and, in the addition of the two 

 contents, 27 yards 3 teet added to 9 yards 6 feet is 37 yards, from 

 which subtracting 3u^ yards, leaves 6 yards 6| feet, and 1 to carry 

 to the poles, making 1 rood, 20 poles, 6 yards, 6| feet, the content 

 of the 12 drills. 



To find by calculation the quantity of land in drills. 



RULE. Multiply the length of the drill in yards by the breadth 

 in inches, and divide the product by 36, the quotient is the num- 

 ber of square yards in the drill ; which reduce to higher denomi- 

 nations if required, dividing the yards by 30J to give poles, the 

 poles by 40 to give roods, and the roods by 4 to give acres. 



EXAMPLE. Required the content of a drill 225| yards long and 

 28 inches wide? 



225J 

 28 



1804 

 451 



36)6314(175 3J, or 175 yds. 3J ft.=5 po. 24 yds. 1J ft. 

 36 



271 

 252 



194 

 180 



14 

 9 



126 

 108 



18 



"* 



This gives the content a trifle greater than the Table, fractions 

 under a foot being omitted therein. 



In the neighbourhood of large towns, farmers sometimes dis- 

 pose of their growing turnip and potato crop in lots of a certain 

 number of drills, at a certain price per acre. When the average 



