USEFUL TABLES FOR FARMERS. 



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Hay in a mow ten feet drop, put in in good order, and not too 

 ripe when cut, ought to average one ton to each 525 cubic feet. 

 The compression increases rapidly as the height increases, and a 

 mow of the same hay, fifteen feet drop, would probably turn out 

 a ton to 475 cubic feet if not even to 425 feet. All such guess- 

 ing, however, is very hazardous, and it is always safer to buy or 

 sell only by actual weight. 



Perhaps it would be a safe formula to say, sell at 400 cubic feet 

 and buy at 600 cubic feet. 



Table, shorving the price per cwt. of hay, at given prices per ton. 



