716 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



Weights and Measures. 



As recognized by the Laws of the United States. 



Bushel of Ibs. 



Wheat . . 60 



Shelled corn . 

 Corn in the ear 

 Rye .... 

 Oats .... 

 Barley . . . 

 White beans . 

 Irish potatoes . 

 Sweet potatoes 

 Castor beans . 

 Clover seeds . 



56 

 70 

 56 

 32 

 48 

 62 

 60 



55 

 46 

 60 



Bushel of Ibs. 



Timothy seed .... 45 



Flax seed 56 



Hemp seed .... 40 



Millettseed .... 50 



Peas 60 



Blue-grass seed ... 45 



Buckwheat 52 



Dried peaches ... 33 



Dried apples .... 24 



Onions 57 



Salt 65 



Bushel of Ibs. 



Stone coal ..... 80 



Malt 38 



Bran 20 



Plastering hair .... 8 



Turnips 55 



Unslacked lime ... 30 



Corn-Meal 48 



Fine Salt 55 



Hungarian grass seed . 54 



Ground peas .... 20 



Peanuts, per bushel : African, 32 Ibs. ; Tennessee, 28 Ibs. ; Virginia, 22 Ibs. 

 A box 24 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains i barrel. 

 A box 16 by 16% inches, 8 deep, contains i bushel. 

 A box 8 by 8y 2 inches, 8 deep, contains i peck. 

 A box 8 by 8 inches, 41/4 deep, contains y 2 peck. 



Round Timber. 



Round timber, when squared, is estimated to lose one-fifth ; hence (50 cubic feet, or) a 

 ton of round timber is said to contain only 40 cubic feet. 



Round, sawed, and hewn timber are bought and sold by the cubic foot. 



Rule to measure round timber : Take the girth in feet at both the large and small ends ; 

 add them, and divide their sum by 2, for the mean girth ; then multiply the length in feet 

 by the square of one-fourth of the mean girth, and the quotient will be the contents in 

 cubic feet, according to the common practice. 



Rule to measure round timber, as the frustum of a cone ; that is, to measure all the 

 timber in a log : Multiply the square of the circumference at the middle of the log, in feet, 

 by 8 times the length, and the product divided by 100 will be the contents. (Very near 

 the truth.) 



Interest Tables : Seven Per Cent. 



