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This table can be used also to determine how many 

 piles of manure to a load, it will take to spread on an 

 acre, at any of the above distances apart. 



TABLES. 



The following tables may often be useful to farmers 

 for reference. 



Money. The -'prices current" of foreign markets 

 are frequently quoted in newspapers, in accordance 

 with foreign currencies, hence these tables are given. 



ENGLISH MONET. 



4 Farthings make 1 penny = $0.02 1-00 



12 Pence make 1 shilling = 0.24 1-5 



2(i Shillings (a sovereign) make 1 pound =. 4.84 



21 " make 1 guinea = 5.10 



.-> " " 1 crown = 1.21 



FRENCH MONEY. 



1 Fnmo = $0.18 3-5 



5 Franc-piece =-= 0.93 



1 Crown, = 1.10 



1 Napoleon (20 francs) = 3.85 



OTHKR FOREIGN MONEY. 



1 Florin (Austria) $0.48 



1 Rupee (Bombay) = 0.50 



1 Thaler (Prussia) = 0.73 



1 Ruble (Russia) = 0.75 



1 Ducat (Germany) ==. 2.23l^ 



1 Ducat (Holland) = 2.27M 



1 Doubloon (Mexico) = 5.53% 



Weights. Avoirdupois weight is used in all business 

 transactions. The long ton, of two thousand two 

 hundred and forty pounds, has generally passed out 

 of use in this country, except at the custom-house. 



TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS. 



10 Drams make 1 ounce (oz.) 



1C Ounces " 1 pound (lb.) 



25 Pounds ' 1 quarter (qr.) 



4 Quarters (100 Ibs.) ' 1 hundred (cwt.) 



20 Hundred weight (2000 Ibs.) ' I ton (T.) 



56 Pounds of butter " 1 firkin 



56 

 14 



100 

 196 



200 

 560 



(id 



of hay ' 1 truss 



(an English weight).... " 1 stone 



of fish " 1 quintal 



of flour " 1 barrel 



of beet or pork ' 1 barrel 



of wheat " 1 quarter (English) 



of wheat ' 1 bushel (United States) 



of wheat ' I bushel (English) 



