CORN IN CRIBS. 59 



EXAMPLE. Required, the number of bushels of shelled 

 corn contained in a crib of ears 4 feet wide at the bottom, 

 8 feet at the top, 10 feet in perpendicular height, and 15 

 feet long ? 



SOLUTION. 48 inches, bottom width, +96 inches, top 

 width, =144-7- 2 72 x 120 inches perpendicular height, x 

 180 inches len g th,=1555200-v-2748=565.9 bus. ears, f of 

 which is 37T.28 bus. shelled corn. Ans. 



NOTE. A barrel of corn is 5 bushels shelled. By this 

 latter measure crops are estimated, and corn bought and 

 sold throughout most of the Southern and Western States. 

 At New Orleans a barrel of corn is a flour-barrel full of 

 ears. In some parts of the "West, it is common to count 

 100 ears to the bushel. 



