TABLES OF WEIGHT, CAPACITY, ETC.
NUMBER OF POUNDS IN A BUSHEL.
| Oats | 32 |
| Beans | 60 |
| Onions | 57 |
| Castor beans | 46 |
| Barley | 48 |
| Peas | 60 |
| Timothy-seed | 45 |
| Flaxseed | 56 |
| Corn or rye | 56 |
| Clover-seed | 60 |
| Dried apples or peaches | 28 |
| Hemp-seed | 44 |
| Wheat | 60 |
| Potatoes | 60 |
| Salt | 50 |
| Bluegrass-seed | 14 |
NUMBER OF POUNDS IN A BARREL.
| Flour | 196 |
| Beef, pork, or fish | 200 |
| Salt | 280 |
CYLINDERS FOR LIQUID MEASURES.
| Diam. | Height. | ||||
| 1 | gill | 1¾ | in. | 3 | in. |
| ½ | pint | 2¼ | " | 3⅝ | " |
| 1 | pint | 3½ | " | 3 | " |
| 1 | quart | 3½ | " | 6 | " |
| 1 | gallon | 7 | " | 6 | " |
| 2 | gallons | 7 | " | 12 | " |
| 8 | " | 14 | " | 12 | " |
| 10 | " | 14 | " | 15 | " |
CAPACITY OF BOXES.
A cubic yard contains 21.69 bushels.
| 1 | barrel | = | 24 x 16 x 28 | inches |
| ½ | " | = | 24 x 24 x 14 | " |
| 1 | bushel | = | 16 x 16.8 x 8 | " |
| 1 | " | = | a cylinder 14 in. diam. x 14 in. deep | |
| ½ | " | = | 12 x 11.2 x 8 | inches |
| 1 | peck | = | 8 x 8.4 x 8 | " |
| 1 | gallon | = | 8 x 8 x 4.2 | " (dry) |
| 1 | " | = | 6 x 6 x 6.42 | " (liquid) |
| ½ | " | = | 7 x 4 x 4.5 | " |
| 1 | quart | = | 4 x 4 x 4.1 | " (dry) |
| 1 | " | = | 4 x 4 x 3.61 | " (liquid) |
In freighting ships 42 cubic feet are allowed to a ton.
ARMY WAGON (INSIDE MEASUREMENT).
| Length |  | 9½ ft. at bottom |  | ; width, 3 ft. 4 in.; depth, 1 ft. 9 in. |
| 10 ft. at top |
TO DETERMINE THE QUANTITY OF GRAIN OR HAY.
Corn.—Two cubic feet of sound dry corn in the ear will make one bushel of shelled corn.
To determine the number of bushels of shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, multiply together the interior length, breadth, and height of the crib in feet, and divide by 2.
Oats.—A nose-bag will contain about 10 pounds of good oats.
A cubic foot of good oats weighs about 25¾ pounds.
To determine, approximately, the number of bushels of oats in a bin, multiply the length, breadth, and height in feet together, and multiply the result by O.8047.
To determine the number of bushels a wagon will contain, apply the same rule.
Hay.
| Hay loose | allow | 5 | pounds to a cubic foot |
| Hay in stack | " | 8 | pounds to a cubic foot |
| Hay baled | " | 11 | pounds to a cubic foot |
| Wagon-load of stack hay | " | 450 to 500 cubic feet to a ton | |
| Wagon-load of new-mown hay | 700 cubic feet to a ton | ||
Straw.—Allow 10 to 12 pounds to a cubic foot.
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
LONG MEASURE.
| 12 | inches | make | 1 foot | ft. |
| 3 | feet | " | 1 yard | yd. |
| 5½ | yards | " | 1 rod | rd. |
| 40 | rods | " | 1 furlong | fur. |
| 8 | furlongs, or 320 rods, | " | 1 mile | mi. |
| 3 | miles | " | 1 league | lea. |
SURVEYOR'S MEASURE.
| 7.92 | inches | make | 1 link | li. |
| 100 | links | " | 1 chain | ch. |
| 80 | chains | " | 1 mile | mi. |
SQUARE MEASURE.
| 144 | square inches | make | 1 square foot | sq. ft. |
| 9 | square feet | " | 1 square yard | sq. yd. |
| 30¼ | square yards | " | 1 square rod | sq. rd. |
| 160 | square rods | " | 1 acre | A. |
LAND MEASURE.
| 10,000 | square links | make | 1 square chain |
| 10 | square chains | " | 1 acre |
| 640 | acres | " | 1 square mile |
CUBIC MEASURE.
| 1728 | cubic inches | make | 1 cubic foot | cu. ft. |
| 27 | cubic feet | " | 1 cubic yard | cu. yd. |
| 128 | cubic feet | " | 1 cord | C. |
LIQUID MEASURE.
The standard U. S. gallon equals 231 cubic inches, and contains 8.3311 pounds of pure water at 62° F.
A cubic foot of pure water at 62° F. weighs 62.32 pounds.
The liquid quart is about six sevenths of a quart of dry measure.
| Name. | Equivalent. | Litres. | Decalitres. | Hectolitres. | |
| 1 gill | .1183 | ||||
| 1 pint | 4 | gills | .4732 | ||
| 1 quart | 2 | pints | .9463 | ||
| 1 gallon | 4 | quarts | 3.7853 | ||
| 1 barrel | 31½ | gallons | 11.9237 | 1.1924 | |
| 1 hogshead | 2 | barrels | 23.8474 | 2.3847 | |
| 1 pipe | 2 | hogsheads | 4.7694 | ||
| 1 tun | 2 | pipes | 9.5389 | ||
1 litre = 8.4536 gills = 2.1134 pints = 1.0567 quarts.
DRY MEASURE.
The bushel (Winchester) contains nearly 2150.42 cubic inches, and is a cylinder measure 18½ inches across and 8 inches deep.
A bushel measure will contain 9.31 gallons of pure water at 62° F.
| Name. | Equivalent. | Litres. | Decalitre. |
| 1 pint | .5506 | ||
| 1 quart | 2 pints | 1.1012 | |
| 1 peck | 8 quarts | 8.8096 | |
| 1 bushel | 4 pecks | 35.2384 | 3.5238 |
1 litre = 1.816 pints = .908 quart.
APOTHECARIES' MEASURE.
| 60 | minims (♏) | 1 fluid drachm (f. ʒ) |
| 8 | drachms (water 1.732 cu. in., 437½ grains) | 1 fluid oz. (f. ℥) |
| 20 | ounces | 1 pint (O.) |
| 8 | pints (water 70,000 grains) | 1 gallon (gall.) |
| 1 | drop | 1 grain |
| 60 | drops | 1 drachm |
| 1 | drachm | 1 teaspoonful |
| 4 | drachms | 1 tablespoonful |
| 8 | drachms (2 tablespoonfuls) | 1 ounce |
| 2 | ounces (water 875 grains) | 1 wineglassful |
| 3 | ounces | 1 teacupful |