MEASURING A HAYSTACK

Shannon News, 11 January 1929, Page 4

MEASURING A HAYSTACK

The process of. measuring and estimating the • contents and weight of a aystack are simple arithmetical oper tions. In the case of the former Untile is: Multiply (in feet) the lengtn jj the breadth, and by the sum of the ieight : from the ground to the eaves -nd one third of the height from'the •aves to the peak. Example: Breadti. .0 feet; length 25 feet; height to eaves .0 feet; eaves to peak 3 feet —20 by 2t* ( y ll" (one-third of 3 plus 10) equals ,50 cubic feet. The finding of the weight of the ,taek depends upon the number oi /übie feet by which to divide in order a arrive at the number' of tons. The ight figures to divide by are 250 for .heafed hay of good quality, well headid , and not too long in the stem. It ;hc sheafed hay is long and .thick iri :he stem, and not so well headed, the lumber of cubic feet to the ton wil vary from 250 to 300, the time the tack has been up, of course, and it> ■olidity being elements in the calculation; but the figures do not, in any ease exceed 300. For loose hay, on the other- hand—that is, hay mown and eocked in the field—it takes a large • number of cubic feet to make a top. if this class of hay is very good—that .a, cut green with a good head and not too coarse—3so cubic to , the ton is a fair divisor-—but if it is very coarse and fluffy, and has not been long in the stack, it will take 400 cubic feet to neigh a ton. Even in this case, however, 400 is the extreme divisor.