GOYEKNMENT LAND MEASUEE. 



A township is 6 miles square, and contains 36 sections, 

 or 23,04:0 acres. 



A section is 1 mile square, and contains 640 acres. 



A quarter-section is half a mile square, and contains 160 

 acres. 



A half quarter-section is half a mile long, almost uni- 

 versally north and south, and one-fourth of a mile wide, 

 and contains 80 acres. 



A quarter quarter-section is one-fourth of a mile square, 

 and contains 40 acres. It is the smallest sized tract, 

 except fractions, sold by the government. 



