THE MARKET GARDENER’S SEEDSMEN OF THE SOUTHWEST 
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Common Measures 
12 
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Long Measure 
Inches . 
. 1 
Foot 
Feet . 
. 1 
Yard 
Yards. 
. 1 
Rod 
Rods . 
. 1 
Mile 
Mile. 
. 5280 
Feet 
The following are also used: 
1 Size . 1'3 Inch 
(Used by Shoemaker) 
1 Hand. 4 Inches 
(Used in measuring the height of horses) 
1 Fathom . 6 Feet 
(Used in measuring depths at sea) 
1 Knot .1.15 Miles 
(Used in measuring distance at sea) 
Square Measure 
144 Square Ins. 1 Square Ft. 
9 Square Ft. 1 Square Yd. 
30J4 Square Yds. 1 Square Rd. 
160 Square Rds. 1 Acre 
640 Acres . 1 Square M. 
An acre is equal to a square whose side is 
208.71 feet. Square feet in acre, 43,560. 
Surveyor’s Square Measure 
10,000 Sq. Links . 1 Sq. Chain 
10 Square Chains . 1 Acre 
10 Chains Square . 10 Acres 
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. 
Dry Measure 
2 Pints. 1 Quart 
8 Quarts . 1 Peck 
4 Pecks . 1 Bushel 
1 Bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches or 
approximately l|/£ cubic feet. 
Liquid Measure 
4 Gills . 1 Pint 
2 Pints. 1 Quart 
4 Quarts . 1 Gallon 
1 Gallon contains 231 cubic inches. 
1 Cubic Ft. equals l/i gallons. 
Cubic Measure 
1728 Cubic Inches. 1 Cubic Ft. 
27 Cubic Feet. 1 Cubic Yd. 
128 Cubic Feet. 1 Cord 
U. S. Government Land Measures 
A township—36 sections, each a mile square. 
A section—640 acres. 
A quarter section—half a mile square, 160 acres. 
An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide—80 acres. 
A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square—40 acres. 
The sections are all numbered 1 to 36, commencing at the northeast corner. 
The sections are divided into quarters, which are named by the cardinal points. The quarters 
are divided in the same way. The description of a forty-acre lot would read: The south half of 
the west half of the southwest quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or, 
as the case might be, and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun the number of acres 
it is supposed to contain. 
NOTE.—In most of the Western states, where all of the land was laid out by the Govern' 
ment, all titles except in city lots, are passed by description, as under the Government survey, 
and there a square of 6 miles, or 36 square miles, make one township. 
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