1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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The darker figures represent the measurements 

 in feet as taken on the ground. The area 

 given in lighter figures is expressed in square 

 rods by the upper number, and in square acres 

 by the lower number. 



There are two tables given above, having no 

 connection with each other, except that the 

 darker figures in the lower are in continuation 

 of those in the upper at corresponding inter- 

 vals. In the first table, the toidth of the piece 

 of land, expressed in feet, must be looked for 

 in the diagonal row of darker figures, the 

 length in the horizontal row of darker figures 

 at the top. In the second table the width 

 must be looked for in the diagonal row of 

 darker figures, and the length in the vertical 

 column of darker figures at the left. The 

 area will be found below the one and opposite 

 the other. 



To illustrate the use of the table : — Suppose 

 we wish to know the contents in rods and in 

 acres of a piece of land 140 feet long by 80 

 feet wide. We look in the upper table for 

 140 in the top row of dark figures and find it 

 at the top of the last column but one. Follow- 

 ing that column down opposite to 80 in the 

 upper diagonal row of dark figures and we 

 find it contains 41.14 square rods, or .2571 

 acres. Suppose we have another piece just twice 

 as long and twice as wide ; we look in the lower 

 table for the length, 280 feet, in the vertical col- 

 umn of dark figures, and for the width, 160 feet, 

 in the lower diagonal row, and find them at the 

 head of the second column : then following 

 that column down opposite to the 280, we find 

 the area to be 164.55 rods, or 1.028 acres. 



Having ascertained the area of the piece 

 of ground, and the quantity of the crop 

 grown, the quantity per acre may be found 

 as follows : — Suppose the piece to measure 

 80 feet in width by 140 feet in length, the 

 crop be to barley, and the quantity grown 288 

 quarts, — annex as many cyphers to the num- 

 ber of quarts as there are decimal numbers in 

 the area as given, and divide by the area. 

 The result will be the number of quarts per 

 acre ; divide by 32 and the result will be 

 bushels. In this case the quantity being ex- 

 pressed by 288, annexing four cyphers we 

 have 2,880,000: dividing by 2571, we have 

 1120 quarts per acre; divide by 32 and the 

 result is 35 bushels per acre. As by exam- 

 ple : — 



by 



Area of apiece 80x140= .2571, as taken from the table. 

 Quantity 288 quarts. Annex four cyphers and divide 



.2571 ^ 2880000 / 1120 quarts. 

 >'2571 ^ 



309O 

 2571 



5190 

 6142 



480 



Divide that result by 32 \ 1 1 20 / 35 bushels. 

 / 96 \ 



160 

 160 



The process would be the same if the quan- 

 tity of the crop were expressed in bushels, 

 pounds or tons. If the quantity per square 

 rod is sought, the same figures must be used, 

 except that the quantity must be divided by 

 the area in rods as expressed by the upper 

 number in the table, instead of the area in 

 acres, as expressed by the lower number. 



The quantity of the experimental crop should 

 be measured in the smallest denomination that 

 is practicable, to insure accuracy in the result 

 per acre. If by dry measure, the crop may 

 be measured in quarts, if by weight, in pounds. 



Good Courage. — Dr. Henry Boynton of 

 Woodstock, Vt., editor of the sheep and wool 

 department of the Mirror and Farmer, looks 

 out upon the "situation" thus hopefully: — 

 "Notwithstanding the low price of wool, our 

 farmers would as soon think of abandoning 

 their homes as their flocks. Nay, the know- 

 ing ones are already bestirring themselves in 

 pursuit of bargains, shrewdly reckoning that 

 wool can touch no lower deep — unless the bot- 

 tom falls out — and that the best time to buy 

 sheep is when they can be bought cheapest. 

 Now is the time to buy sheep, before the stock 

 of woolen goods is swept out of the market, 

 and the price of wool advanced, as it must and 

 will be." 



Two and a half Acres. — It was stated at 

 a late meeting of the Little Falls Farmers' 

 Club, by Mr. Lewis, that a Mr. Blood, living 

 ill the vicinity of Herkimer, had kept this 

 summer eleven cows, a bull and a horse, upon 

 two and a half acres of land. The stock was 

 kept in a yard and soiled. The land had been 

 cut over several times to furnssh the necessa- 

 ry food during the season, but the stock had 

 been kept. This fact might suggest the ques- 

 tion whether our farmers, ordinarily, were get- 

 ting the best results that could be had from 

 their land. 



