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MISCELLANE O US IN FOR MA TION. 



Produce of One Acre. 



One acre will produce 224 pounds mutton, 186 pounds beef, 2900 pounds 

 milk, 300 pounds butter, and 200 pounds cheese ; a fair crop of potatoes from 

 1 6 bushels of seed is 340 bushels. 



Names and Dimensions of Various Sizes of Paper. 



PRINT. 



Medium 19 x 24 



Royal (20x24) 20 x 25 



Super Royal . 22 x 28 



Imperial 22 x 32 



Medium and a half 24 x 30 



Small Double Medium .... 24 x 36 



Double Medium 24 x 38 



Double Royal 26 x 40 



Double Super Royal 28 x 42 



Double Super Royal 29 x 43 



Broad Twelves 23 x 41 



Double Imperial 32 x 46 



FOLDED. 



Billet Note 6x8 



Octavo Note 7x9 



Commercial Note 8 x 10 



Packet Note 9 x n 



Bath Note 8V 2 x 14 



Letter 10 x 16 



Commercial Letter n x 17 



Packet Post ....... nV 2 x 18 



Foolscap 



FLAT. 



Legal Cap ........ 13 



Flat Cap ........ 14 



Crown ......... 15 



Double Flat Letter ..... 16 



Demy ......... 16 



Folio Post ........ 17 



Check Folio ....... 17 



Double Cap ....... 17 



Extra Size Folio ...... 19 



*Medium ........ 18 



*Royal ......... 19 



*Super Royal ....... 20 



*Imperial ........ 22 



Double Demy ...... 21 



Elephant 



Columbier ........ 23 



Atlas .......... 26 



Double Elephant ..... 26 



16 



x 16 

 x 17 

 x 19 

 x 20 

 x 21 

 x 22 

 x 24 

 x 28 

 x 23 

 x 23 

 x 24 

 x 28 

 x 30 

 x 3134 

 27% 

 x siVi 

 x 33 

 x 40 



Amount of Seed Potatoes 



Required when cut or uncut, and when set at different distances apart, in drills 28 

 inches from crown to crown. 



Whole, 6 in. apart, 77 bushels per acre. 



Halved, 



38 

 26 



19 

 48 

 24 

 16 



Halved, 18 in. apart, 13 bushels per acre. 



Quartered, 6 " 19 " 



9 13 



12 " 10 " 



Five parts, 6 " 15 " 



9 10 



Six parts, 6 " 13 " " 



Amount of Butter and Cheese from Milk. 



100 pounds of milk contain about 3 pounds pure butter. 

 100 " " " " 7.8 " cheese. 



ico " " average about 3.5 pounds common butter. 

 100 " " " 11.7 " " ' cheese, 



ico " of skim-milk yield about 13.5 pounds skim-milk cheese. 

 Ingredients contained in various kinds of milk. In 100 parts there are of 



Cow. Ass. Goat. Ewe. 



Water 87.0 91.7 86.7 85.6 



Milk Sugar 4.8 6.1 5.3 5.0 



Butter 3.1 o.i 3.3 4.2 



Casein 4.5 x.8 4.1 4.5 



