CAPACITY OF WAGON-BEDS. 



Wagon-Beds. 



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In most of the Eastern and many of the Western 

 cities all market-men and traders, who make use of their 

 wagon-beds as measures, are required to have them gauged 

 and their capacity stamped on them by an officer appointed 

 for that purpose. The wagon-makers in the country should 

 stamp the contents in bushels on, each bed they make before 

 it leaves the shop. Should it be neglected, the following 

 rule will enable every farmer to measure the contents in 

 bushels of his wagon-bed for himself: 



To find the contents of wagon-beds. 



KULE. If the opposite sides are parallel, multiply the 

 length inside in inches, by the breadth inside in inches, 

 and that again by the depth inside in inches, and divide 



