MEASURES AND WEIGHTS. 207 



A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4.2 inches deep, 

 will contain one quart, or 67.2 cubic inches. 



These measures come within a small fraction of a cubic 

 inch of being accurate, and are as absolutely perfect as 

 any measures of capacity for common use have ever been 

 made. 



Table of the Numbev of Pounds of various Articles to a Bushel. 



Of Wheat, sixty pounds. 



Of Shelled Corn, fifty-six pounds. 



Of Corn on the cob, seventy-five pounds. 



Of Rye, fifty-six pounds. 



Of Oats, thirty-two pounds. 



Of Barley, forty-eight pounds. 



Of Middling, forty-five pounds. 



Of Bran, twelve pounds. 



Of Shorts, eighteen pounds. 



Of Clover-seed, sixty pounds. 



Of Timothy-seed, fifty-six pounds. 



Of Hemp-seed, forty-four pounds. 



Of Blue-grass-seed, fourteen pounds. 



Of Castor-beans, forty-six pounds. 



Of Dried Peaches, thirty-three pounds. 



Of Dried Apples, twenty-five pounds. 



Of Onions, fifty-seven pounds. 



Of Salt, fifty pounds. - 



Of Mineral Coal, seventy pounds. 



MEASURING GRAIN IN BULK. 



To reduce solid feet to bushels, multiply the number of 

 solid feet by 45, and divide the product by 56 : the quotient 

 will be the number of bushels. 



Reason. As one Bushel contains 2,150.4 inches, one solid 

 foot is of a bushel. 



