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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



TABLE OF MEASURES OF LAND. 



For the New EngJand Farmer. 

 TABLE OF MEASURES OP LAND. 



The rapid advances now being made in the sci- 

 ence of agriculture, are very much aided by the 

 spirit of ex])eriment, and by the rivalry induced 

 by competition for the premiums offered at our 

 yearly shows. The results of different experi- 

 ments cannot be compared without a knowledge 

 of the area of the land on which each crop was 

 grown, and as it is not always convenient to 

 plant just an acre, or half or quarter of an acre, 

 it becomes desirable to have at hand such a ta- 

 ble as is given above, for reference. It will en- 

 able a person to use such a piece of land as he 

 may happen to have, fit for the purpose, of any 

 width or length given in the table, with the 

 means to readily ascertain the area in square 

 rods or square acres, in whole numbers and deci- 

 mals. 



The table is used in about the same manner as 

 an ordinary multiplication table, and though it 

 occupies but about half the space usually given 



to those tables, yet it contains as much informa- 

 tion as though made up in the square form. The 

 multiplication of any number in the diagonal 

 rows, into another number less than itself, is a 

 mere repetition of work that has been done be- 

 fore, and therefore this table is made up so that 

 the square of a number in the diagonal rows, is 

 the first result given in the table opposite or be- 

 low that number. The darker figures represent 

 the measurements in feet as taken on the ground. 

 The area given in lighter figures is expressed in 

 square rods by the upper number, and in square 

 acres by the lower number. 



i There are two tables given above, having no 

 connection with each other, except that the 

 darker figures in the lower are in continuation of 

 those in the upper at corresponding intervals. 

 In the first table, the width of the piece of land, 

 expressed in feet, must be looked for in the di- 

 agonal row of darker figures, the length in the 

 horizontal row of darker figures at the top. In 

 the second table the icidtk must be looked for in 

 the diagonal row of darker figures, and the length 



