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of a crib, find the number of cubic feet and multiply by f, or 

 multiply by 4 and divide by 10. Seventy pounds of ear 

 corn is ordinarily called a bushel. 



Measuring Straw. Few weights of straw have been re- 

 ported. The writer measured and weighed two barns full 

 of settled wheat straw. The mows were 14 feet deep, 1200 

 cubic feet were required for one ton. 



Measuring Hay. Some kinds of hay are heavier than 

 others. The deeper the mow or stack and the longer it has 

 stood, the heavier the hay is per cubic foot. Of course the 

 bottom of a mow is much heavier than the top. Usually 

 about 500 cubic feet of settled hay are counted as one ton. 



A barn 30 X 60 feet and 16 feet from floor to top of the 

 plate, and having the peak 9 feet above the plate, was filled 

 as full as possible with timothy hay and refilled after a few 

 days. This hay was baled by the writer about five months 

 later. It weighed 51^ tons. On another year it weighed 

 51 tons. A barn 30 X 42 feet and 16 feet from floor to top 

 of plate, with peak 9 feet above the plate, was similarly filled, 

 and baled out 32.75 tons. 



Capacity of Silos. King gives the weight of a cubic foot 

 of silage at different depths two days after filling, as follows : 1 



Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 59. 



