MEASUREMENTS OF HAYSTACKS.
: HOW TO ESTIMATE THli WEIGHT. ; The weight'of a, cubic foot of hay is very variable, but thb following, published in Iho' "Agricultural Gazette of Now South Wales," .is, •it is stated, generally regarded lis a fairly reliable way of- estimating the averago weight of haystacks(l) If the stack fa extra large and the hay good-and loose; or if the'stack is large and well sunk; take 400 cubic feet per ton. (2) If the stack is largo nnd thfe'hay good and loose; or if the stack is fairly large and well slink, take 500 cubic feet per ton.' (3) If the stack is fairly', largo and the hay good, l loose, and with long stalks, or if the stack is small and very well sunk, •take 600 .cubic, feet per ton. , • .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 8
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133MEASUREMENTS OF HAY-STACKS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 8
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