PURCHASING BEDDING. 



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commands between ^17 and ^20 per ton. As leaves and 

 like forms of bedding have no standing commercial value 

 no price can be given. 



TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



I ton 

 I bale 



HAY. 



- 2,000 lbs. 



300 lbs. 



varies 50 lbs. 



I ton loose hay occupies 



a space of about 500 



cubic feet. 



I ton baled hay occupies 



a space of about ten 



cubic yards. 

 No allowance is made 



for weight of bale 



sticks and wire. 

 I load of hay contains 



thirty-six trusses, each 



truss weighing about 



fifty-six lbs. 



To estimate the quantity 

 of loose hay in a mow, 

 multiply the height, 

 the depth and width 

 of the hay in feet 

 and divide by 500. 



To find the cost of hay 

 per pound, multiply 

 the number of pounds 

 by half the price and 

 remove the decimal 

 point three places to 

 the left. 



I ton 

 I bale 



STRAW. 



- 2,000 lbs. T quart 



250 lbs. I quartern 



varies 50 lbs. i peck 



I ton loose straw occu- i bushel 



pies a space of about i bag - - 

 600 cubic feet. 



I ton baled straw occu- 

 pies a space of about 2 pints 

 T 2 cubic yards. 2 quarts 



No allowance is made ^ quarts 



for weight of bale 4 pecks 



sticks and wire. ^ bushels 



36 bushels 



I pt 



OATS. 



- I lb. 



2 lbs. 



8 lbs. 

 32 lbs. 

 65 lbs. 



I load of straw contains 

 thirty-six trusses, each 

 weighing about thirty- ^ ^^ 

 six lbs. 



To estimate the quantity 

 of loose straw, find the 

 number of cubic feet 

 it occupies and divide 

 by six hundred. 



The cost of straw per 

 pound may be found 

 by the same method 

 as that given for find- 

 ing the cost of hay. 



I lb. of which is for 

 the weight of the bag. 



- I quart. 

 I quartern. 



- I peck. 

 I bushel, 



- I bag. 

 I chaldron. 



33.600 cubic ins. 

 67.200 cubic ins. 

 I pk- 537-605 cubic ins. 

 I bush. 



2150.42 cubic ins. 



To find the number of 

 bushels in a bin, mul- 

 tiply the number of 

 cubic feet by eight 

 and poirt off one 

 place to the left. 



