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iNEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the American Farmer. 

 We are indebted to Mr. 'I'liomns Wiight, Of Kn?land, 

 for a copy of " Tltc Gratiirs^ Ready Reckoner.,'''' and 

 ■we have his assuraiiri- lliat the most confident reliance 

 may be placed in its accuracy ; he told us that he would 

 iiot|)-ar to piirchaje or sell extensively by this s'jidc, 

 which has passed through three English editions, and 

 has in that country gone into very general use. T he 

 author of the tables, gives the required weight of ani- 

 mals in stones, and we have converted these for the 

 use of our subscribers, into pounds. 



The Graziers'' Ready Reckoner, or, a nsefitl guide 

 for buying and selling Cattle, being a complete 

 set of TABIjES, distinctly pointing out the 

 Weight of Black Cattle Sheep, or Siaijie, from 

 forty two, to eighteen hundred and tv;cnly, by 

 ■measurement ; together u-ith directions, she.xcing 

 the particular parts where the Cuttle are to be 

 measured. By GF-onoE Hento.n, Bcrji'icksliirc 

 Farmer. The third edition. Berziick : price 

 2s. 6d. sterling. 



PREFACE. 

 Havinpf been often solicited to publish the 

 followinfj T.\nLF.s of tliis Rfadv Ri;cko.\er, 1 am 

 now prcvaib'J on to do =0. 1 by no means take 

 the prai'^e of them as the inventor ; but liave 

 unfIer2:onc a laborions task ia making out the 

 calculations, which may be of use to the public. 

 For frequently the Buyer and Seller are at a 

 loss even in concluding a bargain, by not being 

 judges of the weight of the article they are 

 treating about. 



1 have begun witli the Calculations at three 

 stones,* which may be as low as is necessary 

 for those who have a swine or calf to sell ; and 

 who by no means have had such practical ex- 

 perience as to be judges by the eye. It ma}' 

 likewise be of service to those who have a 

 teast above the common weight of cattle ; they 

 may obtain a knowledge of his value, almost to 

 a nicety, by taking the following dimension, 

 and considering the value per stone, sinking 

 offals. 



Take a string, put it round the beast, stand- 

 ing square, just behind the shoulder blade, mea- 

 sure on a foot rule the feet and inches he is in 

 circumference, this is called the girth ; then 

 with the string measure from that boue the tail 

 ivhich plumbs the line with the hind part of the 

 buttock, direct the line along the b:ick to the 

 fore part of the shoulder blade, take the dimen- 

 ?iion3 on the foot rule as before, which is length, 

 opposite these figures stand the pounds. 



The girth and length of Black Cattle, Sheep, 

 Calves or Swine being e.'iactly taken, according 

 to the directions given above, and wrought by 

 decimals, would occasion a nudtiplicity of fig- 

 ures, which would be very troublesome in com- 

 parison of the following Tables, which will an- 

 swer exactly to the fore quarters of any of the 

 Ibrementioned cattle, sinking the offal. 



To bring these useful Tables into as small a 

 compass as possible, I have not taken notice of 

 the half inches, which confines them to the one- 

 fourth of the figures. But to bring thcn> to that 

 point, when a beast miiitsurcs half an inch, ei- 

 ther in girth or length, it is only taking the 

 dilTerence of the leading figures. For instance, 

 a beast measures in girth feet 2 1-2 inches, 

 length 5 feet 4 inches, the weight of 



6 feet 3 inch 697 



6 " 2 " . . . , 67C 



Difference 



J-9 

 * Of fourteen pounds each- 



Take the half of 19 which is 95 added to 

 678 and it will make 687.5. 



To render the following small treatise as gen- 

 erally useful as I can, and to prevent the possi- 

 bility of making any mistakes in taking the di- 

 mensions of the Cattle in improper places, 1 

 have engaged an ingenious engraver to repre- 

 sent the figure of an Ox. pointing out the par- 

 ticular places where the dimensions must be 

 taken, in order to ascertain their weight, and I 

 flatter myself it will be a very useful addition. 



7U6 lbs. 



To a generous public I now commit it, and 

 hope, that, however it may succeed, the good- 

 ness of my intention will be a sufiicient justifi- 

 cation of my conduct. 



GEORGE RENTON". 



Girth. Length. Weight. 



Gi'nh. Length. Weight, 

 ft. in. ft. in. pounds. 

 2 10 2 10 76 



2 II 77 



2 11 



3 2 



Girth, 

 ft. in. 

 3 2 



3 3 



3 5 



3 6 



3 7 



3 8 



Length. Weight, 

 ft. in. pounds. 



2 10 



2 II 



3 



2 



2 1 



2 2 



2 3 



2 4 



2 5 



2 6 



2 7 



2 8 



i 9 



2 10 



2 11 



3 



o 



2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 II 



3 



2 3 

 2 4 

 2 5 

 2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 



1 



2 3 

 2 4 

 2 5 



1 



2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 

 3 1 

 3 2 

 3 3 

 3 4 



2 3 

 2 4 

 2 5 

 2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 



3 9 



80 

 83 

 85 

 88 

 91 

 94 

 97 

 99 



70 

 73 

 76 

 80 

 83 

 85 

 88 

 91 

 94 

 97 

 99 

 102 

 106 



83 



87 



90 



92 



95 



98 



102 



105 



108 



111 



88 



91 



94 



98 



101 



104 



108 



111 



113 



118 



120 



123 



126 



132 



92 

 95 

 98 

 102 

 105 

 109 

 112 

 116 

 119 

 123 

 126 

 129 

 133 

 136 



97 

 99 

 104 

 108 

 111 

 113 

 118 

 122 

 125 

 129 

 132 

 136 

 140 

 143 



101 

 104 

 108 

 112 

 116 

 119 

 123 



Girth. Length. Weight, 

 ft. in. ft. in. pounds. 

 3 8 2 10 



2 II 



3 



3 9 



3 10 



3 11 



2 4 

 2 5 

 2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 



2 10 



2 11 



3 



2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 



4 2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 11 



3 



3 8 

 3 9 

 3 10 



2 6 

 2 7 

 2 8 

 2 9 

 2 10 



2 n 



3 

 3 1 

 3 2 

 3 3 



126 

 130 

 134 

 139 

 141 

 14S 

 150 

 153 

 157 



109 

 113 

 11a 

 122 

 125 

 129 

 133 

 137 

 141 

 146 

 148 

 153 

 157 

 161 

 165 



113 

 118 

 123 

 126 

 130 

 134 

 139 

 143 

 147 

 151 

 155 

 160 

 164 

 168 

 172 



129 

 133 

 137 

 141 

 149 

 150 

 154 

 158 

 162 

 167 

 171 

 175 

 179 

 183 

 188 



134 



139 - 



143 I 



147 , 



]" i 

 loo I 



16) 



165 



169 



174 



173 



182 



188 



192 „ 



196 



202 



206 



140 

 144 

 148 

 1.53 

 158 

 162 

 168 

 172 

 178 

 182 



