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GARDENING FOB THE SOUTH. 



The Metric System of Weights and Measures. 

 Metric Units in English Equivalents: 



Are— 154988 sq. in.. 1076.4 sq. ft., 119.60 sq. yds., 0.0247 acres. 

 Hectare— 107.64 sq. ft., 11.960 sq. yds., 2.471 acres. 

 Liter— 33.8 fluid ounces, 1.0567 liquid quarts, 0.02838 bushels. 

 Gram — 15.43234 grains, 0.03527 ounces avoid., 0.0022 lbs. avoid. 

 Kilogram — 2.2 lbs. avoid. 



Foot— 0.3048 meters, 3.048 decimeters, 30.48 centimeters. 



Mile— 1609.344 meters, 1609 kilometers. 



Acre— 40.4685 ares, 0.4046 hectare. 



Gallon— 3.7854 liters. 



Pound — 0.4535 kilogram, 4.535 hectograms. 



Ton (2,000 lbs.)— 907.1 kilograms, 0.9071 tonne. 



Bushel— 35.237 liters. 



A cubic foot is equal to — 

 1728 cubic inches. 



0.8036 struck bushels of 2150.42 cubic inches. 



3.2143 pecks. 



7.4805 liquid gallons of 231 cubic inches. 



6.4285 dry gallons. 

 29.922 liquid quarts. 

 25.714 dry quarts. 

 59.844 liquid pints. 

 51.428 dry pints. 



0.2667 barrel of three struck bushels. 



0.2375 liquid barrel of 31* gallons. 



