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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



Table XIX. — Weights and Measures (Continued). 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



144 square inches (sq. in.) =1 square foot (sq. ft.). 



9 square feet (sq. ft.) =1 square yard (sq. yd.). 



'3014: sq. yds =1 square rod (sq. rd.). 



160 sq. rds =1 acre (a.). 



640 acres =1 square mile (sq. mi.). 



1 sq. mi =1 section. 



36 sections =1 township (twp.). 



43,560 sq. ft =1 acre. 



SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. 



1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.). 



27 cu. ft =1 cubic yard (cu. yd.). 



1 cu. yd =27 cu. ft. or 46,656 cu. in. 



1 cu. yd =1 load. 



24% cu. ft =1 perch. 



128 cu. ft. or 8 ft. X 4 ft. X 4 ft =1 cord. 



1 ft. x 12 in. x 1 in =1 board foot. 



SURVEYOR'S LINEAR MEASURE. 



7 . 92 inches =1 link. 



100 links =1 chain. 



80 chains =1 mile. 



Gunter's chain is the unit and is 66 feet long. 



SURVEYOR S SQUARE MEASURE. 



10,000 sq. links =1 square chain. 



10 sq. chains =1 acre. 



10 chains square =10 acres. 



"WEIGHT OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



Article. 



Specific 

 Gravity. 



Pure water 1.000 



Skim milk 1 . 036 



Whole milk 1.032 



20 per cent cream 1 . 022 



24 per cent cream 1 . 009 



30 per cent cream 1 . 001 



Pure butter-fat . 910 



Weight of 

 Gallon, 

 pounds. 



8.342 

 8.642 

 8.609 

 8.525 

 8.417 

 8.350 

 7.591 



Weight of 

 Quart, 

 pounds. 



085 

 160 

 152 

 131 

 104 

 087 

 898 



