236 ON MEASURE-WORK. 



causes, it is impossible for one quantity, or one price, to be 

 taken in every case or situation. 



The standard measures are always used; for, by adopting- 

 these, I am more likel}^ to make m3'self understood by the 

 greater part of my readers than if I had used any of those 

 obsolete local measures, which I am sorry to see in use in 

 certain parts of the country; they are the cause of many 

 mistakes which mig-ht be remedied by adopting- the standard 

 weights and measures. 



In detailing- the various operations to which a system of 

 measurement is applicable, I shall divide my subject into 

 separate heads, to each of which a distinct mode of mea- 

 surement is suited. 



1st. The kind of task- work to which land or square mea- 

 sure is applicable, the work being paid for b}' the acre, rod, 

 or square yard. 



2nd. The kind of task-work to which lineal measure is 

 applicable, the work being- paid for by the chain, rod, or 

 yard in length. 



/ 3rd. The kind of task-work to which solid or cubic mea- 

 sure is applicable, the work being- paid for by the cubic yard 

 or load. 



4th. The kind of task-work to which corn-measure is ap- 

 ])licable, the work being- paid for by the quarter, sack, or 

 bushel. 



5th. Task-work performed by various kinds of measure- 

 ment. 



I. — Ihsli-rvorli to which land or square measure is ajyplicahlc. 

 Table of Land Measure. 



9 square feet 1 square yard. 



30j square yards 1 square rod. 



40 rods 1 rood. 



4 roods or 10 square chains 1 acre. 



In using- land-measure as a means of calculating- the 

 earnings of labourers by the piece, it is usual to let or put 

 out the job at a certain rate per acre for such work as 

 mowings reaping, and hoeing, in which a large quantity of 

 land is gone over ; but for trenching and dig-o-ina" in small 

 quantities the square rod is most convenient. 



1. Mowing permanent vicadow-grass for hay is the first 

 operation that will come under our notice; it is one of 

 those operations of husbandry which require to be executed 

 with despatch, as, by it being quickly performed, the hay 



