SNTEREST. — Short Method : Multiply amount by number of days
(counting 30 days to each month)— for interest in cents at 6 per cent,
divide by 60 ; for 7 per cent, increase this result by % ; for 8 per cent, divide
first result by 45 ; 9 per cent., by 40 ; 10 per cent., by 36 ; 12 per cent., by 30 ;
Another Method: Reduce years to months, add in months, if any, to'
54 of the days, and set to right of months in decimal form ; multiply result
by 54 principal, and you have interest at 6 per cent, in cents. For 7 per
cent, increase this by % ; for 8, by 54 3 for 9, by 54 3 for 10, by % 3 f°r 12,
double it, etc.
WEIGHT OF BUSHELS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.— Wheat, beans,
potatoes, clover seed, 60 pounds ; corn, rye, flaxseed, onions, 56 ; corn
on cob, 70 ; buckwheat, 52 ; barley, 48 ; hemp seed, 44 ; timothy seed, 45 ;
castor beans, 46 ; oats, 35 ; bran, 20 ; blue grass seed, 14. A barrel of potatoes
contains 2*4 bushels as sold in New York; one barrel of flour, 196 pounds ;
pork and beef, 200 pounds.
CAPACITY OF BOXES —A box 4 feet 7 inches long, 2 feet 4 inches
wide, 2 feet 4 inches deep, holds 20 bushels ; a box 24 in. x 16 in. x 28 in.,
5 bushels ; box, inches, 24x11.2x8, 1 bushel ; box, inches, 12x11.2x8, 54 bushel ;
box, inches, 8x8.4x8, 1 peck ; box. inches, 8x8x4.2, i gallon ; box, inches.
4x4x4.2, 1 quart.- A cylinder 1854 inches inside diameter, 8 inches deep, con¬
tains U. S. standard bushel. Any box coxitaining the same number of cubic
inches will hold same quantity as above sizes. To obtain a box holding any
portion or multiple of above quantities, divide or multiply any one dimension
of the box accordingly,
TO MEASURE CORN IN THE CRIB. — Two cubic feet of sound, dry
corn in the ear will make a bushel of shelled corn. To get quantity of
shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure length, breadth, and height
of corn crib, inside the rail ; multiply first by second and product by third ;
divide result by two — giving bushels of shelled corn. Corn shrinks much in
winter and spring and settles down.
TO MEASURE LAND.— A “regular” piece of land is one having four
sides, the two opposite sides always being equal to each other. If the
land to be measured is not “ regular,” mark it off into divisions that shall be as
nearly regular as possible. Then to find the number of acres or parts of an
acre in each piece of land, multiply the length by the breadth.
If you measure by rods, divide the product by 160; if by yards divide by
4840; if by feet divide by 43560. 9 square feet make 1 square yard; 301 square
yards or 2721 square feet make 1 square rod; 160 square rods, or 4840 square
yards, or 43560 square feet make 1 acre. 640 square acres make 1 square mile.
The side of a square containing 1 acre measures 208.71 feet, or 12.65 rods, or
64 paces; 4 acre, 147.58 feet, or 8.94 rods, or 45 paces; \ acre 120.50 feet, or 7.30
rods, or 37 paces; £ acre, 104.38 feet, or 6.32 rods, er 32 paces; £ acre, 73.79
feet, or 4.47 rods, or 22£ paces.
TO MEASURE HAY IN THE MOW.— Multiply feet in height by feet
in width, and that product by feet in length. Divide by 512, and the
answer will be in tons or parts ©f tons. Some allowance should be made for
condition of hay. The above is for dry, compact, but not pressed hay. This
may be relied on as an approximate mode.
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
SNTEREST. — Short Method : Multiply amount by number of days (counting 30 days to each month)— for interest in cents at 6 per cent, divide by 60 ; for 7 per cent, increase this result by % ; for 8 per cent, divide first result by 45 ; 9 per cent., by 40 ; 10 per cent., by 36 ; 12 per cent., by 30 ; Another Method: Reduce years to months, add in months, if any, to' 54 of the days, and set to right of months in decimal form ; multiply result by 54 principal, and you have interest at 6 per cent, in cents. For 7 per cent, increase this by % ; for 8, by 54 3 for 9, by 54 3 for 10, by % 3 f°r 12, double it, etc.
WEIGHT OF BUSHELS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.— Wheat, beans, potatoes, clover seed, 60 pounds ; corn, rye, flaxseed, onions, 56 ; corn on cob, 70 ; buckwheat, 52 ; barley, 48 ; hemp seed, 44 ; timothy seed, 45 ; castor beans, 46 ; oats, 35 ; bran, 20 ; blue grass seed, 14. A barrel of potatoes contains 2*4 bushels as sold in New York; one barrel of flour, 196 pounds ; pork and beef, 200 pounds.
CAPACITY OF BOXES —A box 4 feet 7 inches long, 2 feet 4 inches wide, 2 feet 4 inches deep, holds 20 bushels ; a box 24 in. x 16 in. x 28 in., 5 bushels ; box, inches, 24x11.2x8, 1 bushel ; box, inches, 12x11.2x8, 54 bushel ; box, inches, 8x8.4x8, 1 peck ; box. inches, 8x8x4.2, i gallon ; box, inches. 4x4x4.2, 1 quart.- A cylinder 1854 inches inside diameter, 8 inches deep, con¬ tains U. S. standard bushel. Any box coxitaining the same number of cubic inches will hold same quantity as above sizes. To obtain a box holding any portion or multiple of above quantities, divide or multiply any one dimension of the box accordingly,
TO MEASURE CORN IN THE CRIB. — Two cubic feet of sound, dry corn in the ear will make a bushel of shelled corn. To get quantity of shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure length, breadth, and height of corn crib, inside the rail ; multiply first by second and product by third ; divide result by two — giving bushels of shelled corn. Corn shrinks much in winter and spring and settles down.
TO MEASURE LAND.— A “regular” piece of land is one having four sides, the two opposite sides always being equal to each other. If the land to be measured is not “ regular,” mark it off into divisions that shall be as nearly regular as possible. Then to find the number of acres or parts of an acre in each piece of land, multiply the length by the breadth.
If you measure by rods, divide the product by 160; if by yards divide by 4840; if by feet divide by 43560. 9 square feet make 1 square yard; 301 square yards or 2721 square feet make 1 square rod; 160 square rods, or 4840 square yards, or 43560 square feet make 1 acre. 640 square acres make 1 square mile.
The side of a square containing 1 acre measures 208.71 feet, or 12.65 rods, or 64 paces; 4 acre, 147.58 feet, or 8.94 rods, or 45 paces; \ acre 120.50 feet, or 7.30 rods, or 37 paces; £ acre, 104.38 feet, or 6.32 rods, er 32 paces; £ acre, 73.79 feet, or 4.47 rods, or 22£ paces.
TO MEASURE HAY IN THE MOW.— Multiply feet in height by feet in width, and that product by feet in length. Divide by 512, and the answer will be in tons or parts ©f tons. Some allowance should be made for condition of hay. The above is for dry, compact, but not pressed hay. This may be relied on as an approximate mode.
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