MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS. 521 



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PROBLEMS. 



1. How many bushels in a crib of corn containing a pile of ears, 

 4 ft. wide, 30 ft. long, with a uniform height of 9 ft.? 



2. A farmer wishes to build a crib 5 ft. wide, 10 ft. high; what 

 will be the required length so that it may hold 1,000 bushels of corn? 



3. A wire crib is in the shape of a cylinder, 6 ft. in diameter, and 

 12 ft. high; how many bushels of corn will it hold? 



4. A galvanized iron crib is in the form of a cylinder, 22 ft. in 

 circumference, and 14 ft. high; what is its capacity in bushels? 



5. If the grain in a certain crib of corn, averages 85 per cent of 

 the weight of the ears, what will be the weight of the cobs in 14,000 

 pounds of ears? What is the number of cubic feet of cobs? 



6. How many cu. ft. of corn in a crib that contains 350 bushels 

 of corn? 



7. If 70 pounds of ear corn will produce 1 bushel of shelled corn, 

 what per cent of the weight of the ear is the weight of the shelled corn? 

 What per cent of the bulk of the ears is the bulk of the cobs? 



8. A car had a capacity of 1,000 cu. ft.; how many pounds of ears 

 were required to fill it? What was the weight of the cobs? 



The following table gives the legal weight of some of the 

 chief products of the farm as established by a majority of the 

 states : 



TABLES. 



Alfalfa Seed 60 Hemp 44 



Apples 50 Hungarian 50 



Barley 48 Kaffir Corn 56 



Beans 60 Malt 34 



Blue Grass Seed 44 Millet 50 



Bran 20 Oats 32 



Broom Corn Seed 50 Onions 57 



Buckwheat 50 Peas 60 



Carrots 50 Popcorn (shelled) 56 



Clover Seed 60 Potatoes 60 



Corn (ear) 70 Red Top 14 



Corn Meal 48 Rye 56 



Corn (shelled) 56 Sorghum Seed 50 



Cotton Seed 32 Soybeans 60 



Dried Apples 26 Sweet Potatoes 55 



Dried Peaches 33 Timothy Seed 45 



Field Beans 60 Turnips 55 



Field Peas . . . . : 60 vVheat 60 



Flax Seed 56 White Beans 60 



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