FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
Herb are some figures and ruled very handy to know and have at hand, id the mind or on paper : A rod i* 16£ feet, or b\ yards : a mile is 320 rods ; a mile is 1 ,760 yards ; a mile is 5,280 feet ; a square foot is 144 aquare inches; a square yard contains 9 square feet ; a square rod is 272£ square feet ; an acre contains 43, -560 square feet; an acre contains 4,840 square yards; an acre contains 160 square rods; a section, or square mile, contains 640 acres; a quarter f-ection contains 160 ricrrs ; an aero is 8 rodi wide by 20 rods long ; an acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods longr ; an acre is about 208^ feet square ; a solid foob contains 1,728 wolid inches ; a pint (of water) weighs 1 pound ; a solid toot of water weighs 62 .V pounds ; a gallon (of wat6r) holds 231 solid inches ; a gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ouuees ; a pint (of water) hold* 28J solid inches (28*87<3) ; a barrel (31$ gallons) holds il solid feet (4 211); a solid foot contains nearly 7£ solid pints (248); a bushel (struck) contains 2,150 solid inches; a bushel (heaping) contains 1£ struck bushels ; a struck bushel contains about 1£ solid feet.
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Waikato Times, Volume 2188, Issue XXVII, 17 July 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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219FACTS WORTH KNOWING. Waikato Times, Volume 2188, Issue XXVII, 17 July 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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