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TAI.LE 53. AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF DIFFERENT FEEDING-STUFFS 



FEEDING STUFF 



Pounds 



Barley meal 1.1 



Barley, whole 1.5 



Bre\vers' dried grains 0.6 



Coru-and-cob meal 1.4 



Coi n-and-oat feed 0.7 



Coi n bran 0.5 



Corn, meal 1.5 



Corn, whole 1.7 



Col tonseed meal 1.5 



Distillers' grains, dried .... 0.5-0.7 



Germ, oil meal 1.4 



Glu ten feed 1.3 



Gluten meal 1.7 



Hoi liny meal 1.1 



Linseed meal, new process . . . 0.9 



Lin eed meal, old process ... 1.1 



Malt sprouts 0.6 



Oat ^ ground 0.7 



Oat;, whole 1.0 



Rye bran 0.6 



Rye meal 1.5 



Rye, whole 1.7 



Wh( at bran . - 0.5 



Wheat, ground 1.7 



Wheat middlings (flour) .... 1.2 



Wht at middlings (standard) ... 0.8 



Wheat, whole 2.0 



ONE QUART 

 WEIGHS 



ONE POUND 

 MEASURES 



Quarts 



0.9 

 0.7 

 1.7 

 0.7 

 1.4 

 2.0 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.7 



1.0-1.4 

 0.7 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.9 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 1.0 

 1.8 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 2.0 

 0.6 

 0.8 

 1.3 

 0.5 



RULES FOR MEASURING FEED 



Measuring Grain. A bushel of grain contains approxi- 

 mately f cubic feet. To find the capacity of a bin, find the 

 number of cubic feet and multiply by -f, or multiply by 8 

 and divide by 10. 



Measuring Ear Corn. Two bushels of ears are ordinarily 

 required to make one bushel of grain. To find the capacity 



1 U. S. 'Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 222. 



