240 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



Length. 

 The Cape foot = 1-033 English feet. 

 The Cape rood = 12 Cape feet = 12-396 English feet. 

 1 English mile (5280 English feet) = 5111-3 Cape feet =. 



425-944 Cape roods. 

 Approximately 1 Cape foot = l^^^ English feet. 



1 English foot = 0-96786 Cape foot. 



Area. 



1 Cape square foot = 1*067 English square feet. 

 144 Cape square feet = 1 Cape square rood. 

 600 Cape square roods = 1 Cape morgen. 

 86,400 square Cape feet = 1 Cape morgen. 

 1 Cape morgen = 2*11654 English acres. 



= 10244-054 square yards. 



= 92196-486 English square feet. 

 1 acre = 0*47247 morgen = 283*48 Cape square roodfl. 

 1 square mile = 302*38 morgen. 

 1 hectare = 2*471 acres = 1*1675 morgen. 



Volume. 

 1 muid = 3 bushels = 24 gallons. 

 1 Dutch gallon = -7895 English gallon. 



= 6*316 English pints. 

 1 English gallon = 1*2666 Dutch gallons. 

 1 leaguer = 16 anker = 152 Dutch gallons = 126 J English 

 gallons. 



Weight of a Bii^shel of Grain^ dec. 



The following are the approximate weights of a bushel 

 (8 gallons, or 4 pecks, or 2219*7 cubic inches) of various grains 

 of average density : 



Wheat . . . . 63 lb. (varies from 60 to 65 lb.) 



Oats . . . . 42 „ ( „ „ 35 „ 48 „ ) 



Barley . . . . 55 „ ( „ „ 52 „ 59 „ ) 



Rye 54 „ 



