44 HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA 



If a large quantity of grain has to be stowed away, 

 a granary may be constructed as follows : — Trace on the 

 ground a circle of about 16 feet in diameter, and build on 

 its circumference twelve or thirteen brick pillars, say 18 

 inches square and 2}j feet high, and, at its centre, a circular 

 pillar of the same height, and about three feet in diameter. 

 On these pillars construct a boarded floor, and build on it 

 a strong bamboo wicker-work house, 9 or 10 feet high. 

 This is plastered over, a small door is left at the top, and 

 a light thatched roof is put over the whole. A house, 

 such as I have described, would cost, say 25 rupees, and 

 would hold about 25 tons of oats. 



Measures and Weights of Grain. — A Bengal mnn 

 (Anglice maund) is about 82 lbs. In England the following 

 measures are used : — 



4 quarterns (quarts) ... ... 1 gallon. 



4 gallons ... ... ... 1 bushel. 



8 bushels ... ... ... 1 quarter. 



A quartern or feed of oats weighs about 2^ lbs. 



