THE EMIGRANT'S HAND-BOOK. 



These measures all come within a small fraction of a 

 cubic inch of being perfectly accurate, as near, indeed, 

 as any measures of capacity have ever yet been made for 

 common use ; the difficulty of making them with abso- 

 lute exactness, has never yet been overcome. 



MEASURING CORN. 



The following rule for ascertaining the quantity of 

 shelled corn in a house of any dimensions, is by William 

 Murray, Esq. of South Carolina, and was read before the 

 St. John's Collection Agricultural Society, and commu- 

 nicated by them for publication in the Southern Agricul- 

 turist. 



Rule. Having previously levelled the corn in the 

 house, so that it will be of equal depth throughout, ascer- 

 taining the length, and breadth, and depth of the bulk ; 

 multiply these dimensions together, and their products by 

 four, then cut off one figure from the right of this last pro- 

 duct. This will give so many bushels and a decimal of 

 a bushel of shelled corn. If it be required to find the quan- 

 tity of eared corn, substitute eight for four, and cut off 

 one figure as before. 



Example. In a bulk of corn in the ear, measuring 12 

 feet long, 11 feet broad, and 6 feet deep, there will be 

 316 bushels and eight-tenths of a bushel of shelled corn, 

 or 633 bushels and six-tenths of ear corn, as : 

 12 12 



11 11 



132 132 



6 6 



792 792 



4 8 



310,8 633,0 



