Sizes of Boxes for Different Measures. Food for 



Plants 



A box 24 inches long by 16 inches wide, and 28 inches deep, will contain 



a barrel, or three bushels. 207 



A box 24 inches long by 16 inches wide, and 14 inches deep, will contain 

 half a barrel. 



A box 16 inches square and 8 2-5 inches deep, will contain one bushel. 



A box 16 inches by 8 2-5 inches wide, and 8 inches deep, will contain half 

 a bushel. 



A box 8 inches by 8 2-5 inches square, and 8 inches deep, will contain 

 one peck. 



A box 8 inches by 8 inches sijuare, and 4 1-5 inches deep, will contain one 

 gallon. 



A box 7 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 4-5 inches deep, will contain halt 

 a gallon. 



A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 1-5 inches deep, will contain one 

 quart. 



A box 4 feet long, 3 feet 5 inches wide, and 2 feet 8 inches deep, will 

 contain one ton of coal. 



Strength of Ice of Different Thickness. 



Two inches thick — Will support a man. 

 Four inches thick — Will support a man on horseback. 

 Five inches thick — Will support an eighty-pounder cannon. 

 Eight inches thick — W ill support a battery ot artillery, with carriages and 

 horses. 



Ten inches thick — Will support an army; an innurrterable multitude. 



Amount of Oil in Seeds. 



Kinds of Seed Per Cent. Oil. Kinds of Seed. Per Cent. Oil. 



Rapeseed 55 Oats 6%, 



Sweet Almond 47 Clover hay 5 



Turnipseed 45 Wheat bran 4 



White mustard 37 Oat straw 4 



Bitter almond 37 Meadow hay 3^ 



Hempseed 19 Wheat straw 3 



Linseed 17 Wheat flour 3 



Indian corn 7 Barley 2^ 



Results of Saving Small Amounts of Money. 



The following shows how easy it is to accumulate a fortune, provided 

 proper steps are taken. 1 he table shows what would be the result at the 

 end of fifty years by saving a certain amount each day and putting it at 

 interest at the rate ot six per cent: 



Daily Savings. The Result. Daily Savings. The Result. 



One cent $ 950 Sixty cents .$57,024 



Ten cents 9,5'J4 Seventy cents 66,528 



Twenty cents 19,006 Eighty cents 76,032 



Thirty cents 28,512 Ninety cents ^5,537 



Forty cents 38,015 One dollar 95,041 



Fifty cents 47, 520 Five Dollars 463,208 



