od for above the sea; it is navigable for vessels of upward of a hundred tons. 



ints The largest ship canal in Europe is the great North Holland canal, completed 

 in 1825 125 feet wide at the water surface, 31 feet wide at the bottom, and 

 has a depth of 20 feet; it extends from Amsterdam to the Helder, 51 miles. 

 The Caledonia canal, in Scotland, has a total length of 60 miles, including 3 

 lakes. The Suez canal is 88 miles long, of which 66 miles are actual canal. 

 The Erie canal is 350^2 miles long; the Ohio canal, Cleveland to Ports- 

 mouth, 332; the Miami and Erie, Cincinnati to Toledo, 291; the Wabash 

 and Erie, Evansville to the Ohio line, 374. 



Carrying Capacity of a Freight Car. 



This Table is for Ten Ton Cars. 



Whiskey 60 barrels Lumber 6,000 feet. 



Salt 70 barrels Barley 300 bushels. 



Lime 70 barrels Wheat 340 bushels. 



Flour 90 barrels Flax Seed 360 bushels. 



Eggs 130 to 160 barrels Apples 370 bushels. 



Flour 200 sacks. Corn 400 bushels. 



Wood 6 cords Potatoes 430 bushels. 



Cattle 18 to 20 head. Oats 680 bushels. 



Hogs 50 to 60 head. Bran 1,000 bushels. 



Sheep 80 to 100 head. Butter 20,000 pounds. 



How to Measure Corn in Crib, Hay in Mow, Etc. 



This rule will apply to a crib of any size or kind. Two cubic feet of good, 

 sound, dry corn in the ear will make a bushel of shelled corn. To get, then, 

 the quantity of shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure the length, 

 breadth and height of the crib, inside of the rail; multiply the length by the 

 breadth and the product by the height; then divide the product by two, and 

 you have the number of bushels of shelled corn in the crib. 



To find the number of bushels of apples, potatoes, etc., in a bin, multiply 

 the length, breadth and thickness together, and this product by 8, and point 

 off one figure in the product for decimals. 



To find the amount of hay in a mow, allow 512 cubic feet for a ton, and 

 it will come out very generally correct. 



Rules for Business Farmers. 



The way to get credit is to be punctual in paying your bills. The way to 

 preserve it is not to use it much. Settle often; have short accounts. 



Trust no man's appearances they are deceptive perhaps assumed, for 

 the purpose of obtaining credit. Beware of gaudy exterior. Rogues usually 

 dress well. The rich are plain men. Trust him, if any, who carries but 

 I ittle on his back. Never trust him who flies into a passion on being dunned ; 

 make him pay quickly, if there be any virtue in the law. 



Be well satisfied before you give a credit that those to whom you give it 

 are safe men to be trusted. 



Sell your goods at a small advance, and never misrepresent them, for those 

 whom you once deceive will beware of you the second time. 



