534 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



Weights for barn use.— Frequently the farmer wishes to feed 

 a given weight of this, that or the other stuff and has no scales 

 at hand to weigh it. If he has a quart measure handy, he can 

 use it to measure out the required weight. The quart weight of 

 various feeds is as follows : 



Cottonseed meal 1.5 pounds; linseed meal, old process, 1.1 

 pounds ; gluten meal, 1.7 pounds ; gluten feed, 1.2 pounds ; wheat 

 bran, coarse, .5 pound; wheat middlings, coarse, .8 pound and 

 fine, 1.1 pounds; mixed wheat feed, .6 pound; cornmeal, 1.5 

 pounds ; oats, 1.2 pounds ; rye bran, .6 pound ; H. 0. dairy feed, 

 .7 pound, and Victor corn feed, .7 pound per quart. 



Miscellaneous estimates. — From seven to twelve bushels of 

 apples are required for a barrel of cider. 



A bushel of average apples gives from six to seven pounds of 

 evaporated product. 



Raspberries contain from one and one-half to three pounds of 

 seed to the bushel. 



A pint of garden blackberries weighs about one pound. 



Good clusters of American grapes weigh on an average from 

 one-half to three-fourths of a pound, while extra good clusters 

 will reach a pound and a half. Clusters have been reported 

 which weighed two pounds. 



A bushel of sweet corn ears, "in the milk," with the husks 

 which come from it, weighs from fifty to seventy pounds. 



There are about five thousand honey bees in a pound. 



Measuring in bulk. — Two cubic feet of sound, dry corn in the 

 ear will make a bushel shelled. To get the quantity of shelled 

 corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure the length, breadth and 

 height of the crib, inside of the rail ; multiply the length by the 

 breadth, and the product by the height ; then divide the product 

 by two, and you have the number of bushels in the crib. 



To find out the number of bushels of apples, potatoes, etc., in 

 a bin, multiply the length, breadth and thickness together, and 

 this product by eight, and point one figure in the product for 

 decimals. To find the amount of hay in a mow, allow five hun- 

 dred and twelve cubic feet for a ton, and it w^ll come out very 

 near correct. 



Practical measurement of land. — To find the number of acres 

 in any rectangular piece of land, multiply the length and breadth 

 in rods together, and divide by one hundred and sixty (the 

 number of square rods in an acre), and the result will be the 

 required answer. 



When one side and perpendicular to that side from the oppo- 



