APPENDIX. 



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MEASUREMENT OF WOOD AND LUMBER. 

 A Cord of Wood contains 128 cubic 

 feet To ascertain how many cords there 

 are in a pile of wood, multiply the length 

 by the height, and that by the width, 

 and divide the product by 128. 



To ascertain the circumferences of a tree 

 required to hew a stick or timber of any 

 given number of inches square, divide 

 the given side of the square by .225, and 

 the quotient is the circumference re- 

 quired. 



Round timber, when squared, loses 

 one-fifth. 



To measure round timber, take the 

 girth in inches at both the large and 

 small ends, add them, divide by 2, which I 

 gives the mean girth; then multiply ; 

 the length in feet by the square of one- 

 fourth of the mean girth, and the quo- 

 tient will be the contents in cubic feet. 

 This rule is commonly adopted, and 

 gives four-fifths of the true contents, one- 

 fifth being allowed to the purchaser for 

 waste in sawing. 



To Measure Inch Boards. Multiply 

 the length in feet by the width in inches, 

 and divide the product by 12. The quo- 

 tient will be the contents in feet. For 

 lumber 1 \ inches thick, add \ to the quo- 

 tient If li inches thick, add $. If If 

 inches thick, add f. If 2 inches thick, di- 

 vide by 6 instead of by 12. If 2J inches 

 thick, add } to the quotient, and so on. 

 If 3 inches thick, divide by 4. If 4 

 inches thick, divide by 3. If six inches 

 thick, divide by 2. To ascertain the con- 

 tents (broad measure) of timber, multi- 

 ply the width in inches by the thickness 

 in inches, and that by the length in feet, 

 and divide the product by 12. The re- 

 sult will be the number of feet 



To ascertain how many feet of lumber 

 can be sawed from a log, from the diam- 

 eter of the log in inches subtract 4 ; one- 

 fourth the remainder squared and mul- 

 tiplied by the length of the log in feet 

 will give the correct amount of lumber 

 that can be sawed from the log. 



QUANTITY OF SEED OR PLANTS REQUIRED 

 PER ACRE. 



Barley 2j bush. 



Beans, bush, in drill 2$ feet ij bush. 



Beans, pole, Lima, 4 by 4 ft. 20 qts. 



Beans, Carolina, 4 by 3 ... 10 qts. 



Beets, drills 2J feet 9 Ibs. 



Broom-corn in drills .... 4 qts. 



Cabbage, for transplanting . 12 oz. 



Cabbage sown in frames . 4 oz. 



Carrot, in drills 2} feet ... 4 Ibs. 



Celery, seed 8 oz. 



Celery, plants 4 by i feet . . 25,800 pl'nts. 



Clover, white Dutch .... 12 Ibs. 



Clover, Lucerne 10 Ibs. 



Clover, Alsike 6 Ibs. 



Clover, red with timothy . . 6 Ibs. 



Clover, red without timothy 10 Ibs. 



Corn, sugar 10 qte. 



Corn, field 4to6qta. 



Cucumber, in hills .... 2 qts. 



Flax, broadcast 16 to 20 qta. 



Grass, timothy, with clover . 6 qts. 



Grass, timothy, without clover 10 qts. 



Grass, orchard 2 bush. 



Grass, red-top or herds . . 10 qts. 



Grass, blue 28 qts. 



Grass, rye 20 qts. 



Grass, millet 32 qts. 



Hemp, broadcast . \ bush. 



Lawn grass 35 Ibs. 



Melons, water, hills 8 by 8 ft 3 Ibs. 



Oats 2 bush. 



Onion, in rows for large bulbs 4 Ibs. 



Parsnip, in drills 2J feet . . 5 Ibs. 



Pumpkins, in hills, 8 by 8 ft. 2 qts. 



Peas, in drills, short varieties 1} bush. 



Peas, broadcast 3 bush. 



Potatoes 5 to 8 bush. 



Rye, broadcast U bush. 



Rye, drilled 1 bush. 



Squash, running, 8 by 8 feet 2 Ibs. 



Sorghum 2 to 4 qts. 



Turnips, in drills, 2 feet . . 31 Ibs. 



Turnips, broadcast 1 lb. 



Tomatoes, in frame .... 3 oz. 



Tomatoes, in hills, 3 by 3 ft 8 oz. 



Tomatoes, plants 3,800 pl'nts. 



Wheat, in drills IJ bush. 



Wheat, broadcast IJ bush. 



