TABLE XXX. WEIGHT OP LIVE CATTLE BY JIBASUREMEXT. 459 



least, the offals weighing nearly the other half. The skin weighs 

 about the 18th part, and the tallow about the 12th part of the 

 living animal. The head and neck of a pig weighs about one- 

 sixth the weight of the four quarters. The offals of cattle con- 

 sist of the head, feet, hide, tallow, tripe, blood, <fcc., and are 

 estimated at from about one-fourth to one-third the price of the 

 four quarters. The offals of swine may be estimated at about 

 one-eighth of the value of the four quarters. 



It is also to be noted that the Table is calculated to show the 

 weight of cattle when in pretty good condition. If the animal, 

 of which the weight is required, is extra fat, to the weight 

 found in the Table add its 20th part ; and, if lean, and in bad 

 condition, deduct the 20th part. For a cow which has had several 

 calves, and is not in good condition, deduct the 10th part from 

 the weight shown in the Tables, which will then be very nearly 

 the true weight, sinking the offals. 



If it be desired to find the weight of an animal in Dutch stones, 

 of 17 J Imperial ounces in its pound, and 16 of these pounds in its 

 stone; or in Scotch Trone stones, varying in different places from 

 20 to 28 Imperial ounces to the pound, and 16 of these pounds to 

 the stone ; there being always the same number of Imperial 

 pounds in a Dutch or Trone stone as there are Imperial ounces 

 in their pound, the Dutch stone will weigh 17 J Imperial pounds, 

 and the Trone stone from 20 to 28 pounds Imperial, in conformity 

 with the usage of different localities. The Rule, then, to turn 

 the Imperial weight found in the Table into any of these weights 

 is to multiply it by 14, the number of pounds in a stone ; and if 

 for Dutch, divide the product by 17J; if for Trone, divide by the 

 number of pounds in the stone of the given weight, and the 

 quotient is stones of the weight required. If, after the division 

 of the stones, there is a remainder, multiply it by 16, and divide 

 by the former divisor ; the quotient is pounds Dutch, or Trone, 

 as the case may be. 



It is to be observed, that a weight consisting of stones and 

 pounds Imperial cannot be accurately converted into Dutch or 

 Trone weight, unless the number by which the pounds in the 

 weight is multiplied, bring up the pounds to exact stones. The 

 reason of which is, that the ratio of the Imperial stone is to the 

 Dutch stone as 14 to 17J, and to the Ayrshire stone, in the fol- 

 lowing example, as 14 to 24, whilst the ratio of the Imperial 

 pound is to the Dutch pound as 16 to 17J, and to the Ayrshire 

 pound as 16 to 24. This remark is also applicable when Dutch 

 or Trone weights are to be converted into Imperial. 



EXAMPLE. The girth of an ox is 5 feet 9 inches, and its length 

 4 feet 10 inches; what is its weight in Dutch stones, and also in 

 Ayrshire stones, of 24 Imperial ounces to the pound? 



In the Table the weight is found to be 38 stones 2 Ibs. Impe- 

 rial. To find the Dutch weight ; on account of the fraction in 



