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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... corn? 22. If a man buy 6 bu. of chestnuts at $4 a bushel, dry measure, and sell the same at 20 cents a quart, liquid measure, how much does he gain? The only accurate method of measuring coal, hay, corn in the crib, and like products is by weight; but for the ordinary purposes of estimation, the following units of measure m bulk may be used: 1. Coal.--Ordinary anthracite coal measures from 36 to 40 cu. ft. to the ton; bituminous coal, from 36 to 45 cu. ft. to the ton. 2. Lehigli, white ash, egg size, measures about 34J cu. ft. to the ton (2000lb.); Schuylkill, white ash, 35 cu. ft., and of gray or red ash, 36 cu. ft. to the ton. 3. Coal is bought and sold in large quantities by the ton; in small quantities by the bushel, the conventional rate being 28 heaped bushels to a ton, or about 44.5 cu. ft. Hay.--When loose, or in loads, or upon scaffolds, 500 cu. ft. is estimated to the ton of 2000 lb.; in bays, or mows, 400 cu. ft.; and in large, well-settled stacks, or in bales packed for shipping, 10 cu. yd. For clover-hay, deduct about one-fifth from the weight. 23. How many tons of red ash coal, egg size, will a bin 17 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 3 ft. deep, contain? 24. A bin 6 ft. long, 4 ft. deep, and 5 ft. 9 in. wide, is full of Lehigh white ash coal. Find its value at $6.75 a ton? 25. A large crib 10 yd. long, 6 yd. wide, and 6 yd. deep, is filled with Schuylkill red ash coal. Find the number of tons it contains, and its value at %5% a ton? 26. A bin 7 ft. long, 5 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, is half full of Schuylkill white ash coal. Find its value at $5.90 a ton. How many tons 27. Of old hay, in a mow 86 ft. x 24 ft. x 16 ft.? 28. Of hay in a load, 16 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, and 7 ft. high? 29. Of hay in a well-settled stack, 15 ft. square and 16 ft. high; and...
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