Land Ordinances, 1567, 1695 
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This sitio, measured with a fifty-yard cordel, measures sixty-six cordeles 
thirty-three and one-third yards, and has the same measurement from 
north to south; from the centre to any one of its four sides it must 
measure thirty-three cordeles and six and one-third yards; this sitio must 
be measured in the same manner as the sitio de ganado mayor, and from 
the centre to any one of its four corners it must measure forty-six 
cordeles and thirty-three yards. 
If this sitio is reduced to caballerías it must contain eighteen of them, 
and a building site of 366^3 yards. 
The Criadero de Ganado Mayor y Menor. 
A criadero de ganado mayor is the fourth part of a sitio de ganado 
mayor, and a criadero de ganado menor is also the fourth part of a sitio 
[de ganado menor]. Hence a criadero de ganado mayor must measure 
north and south and east and west fifteen hundred of Solomon’s paces, 
and from the centre to any one of its four sides it measures 750 of Solo¬ 
mon’s paces. 
If the measurement of this criadero is reduced to common Castilian 
yards, it will extend 2,500 yards from north to south, and the same dis¬ 
tance from each to west; from the centre to any of its four sides it extends 
1,150 yards. It must measure, in the same manner as the sitios above 
mentioned, from one corner to the other passing through the centre, 3,500 
yards. 
From the centre to any of its four sides or edges it measures 1,750 
yards. If this criadero is reduced to caballerías of land, it will contain 
ten and one-fourth of them, besides a building site fifty-nine yards long 
and as many wide. The same is to be understood of the criadero de gana¬ 
do mayor estimated as the fourth part of a sitio de ganado mayor, to 
which it corresponds. 
The Caballería. 
A caballería of land is 1,104 yards long and 552 wide, and its area is 
609,408 common Castilian yards. Half a caballería is 552 yards long 
and the same in width; its area is three [hundred and four] thousand 
seven hundred four common yards. One fourth of a caballería is 552 
yards long, and 276 wide. 
For measuring a caballería of land the cordel must be sixty-nine yards 
long instead of fifty, which is the length required in measuring the sitios. 
Starting in one of the four corners, the length of the caballería must 
measure sixteen cordeles, which make the required [one thousand] one 
hundred and four yards; on the other side there must be eight cordel- 
lengths, which make the required five hundred and [fifty] two yards. 
The Huerta and Suerte. 
The garden plot of land is 552 yards long and 276 wide; it is the same 
as the fourth part of a caballería. 
