The Handbook for Practical Farmers: Dealing with the More Important Aspects of Farming in the United StatesHugh Findlay D. Appleton, 1920 - 558 pages |
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Page 533 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 533 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 535 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half -sum and the three remainders together; the square root of the product is the area.
Page 533 - CUBIC MEASURE. 1,728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot. 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard. 128 cubic feet = 1 cord of wood or stone.
Page 533 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 191 - Hard laundry soap, shaved fine, */2 pound. Water, 1 gallon. Kerosene, 2 gallons. Dissolve the soap in boiling water, remove from the stove and immediately add the kerosene; churn with a bucket pump until a soft, butter-like, clabbered mass is obtained. One part of this stock solution is added to ten or twelve of water for spraying.
Page 383 - If more or less than 100 pounds of meat are to be cured, use these proportions for the brine. If 4 gallons of brine does not entirely cover 100 pounds of meat, water may be added. The meat should be weighted down with a block or a clean stone, since any part that is not covered with the brine will decompose very quickly.
Page 386 - Half fill a pail with water and mix in the flour, dissolving all lumps thoroughly. Dissolve the chrome in a quart of water in a separate vessel and add the solution and the glue to the flour; bring the whole to a boil and add the barytes slowly, stirring constantly. Make the wash the day before it is required. Stir it frequently when using, and apply with a brush.
Page 379 - MEAT Since certain parts of the animal carcass are more valuable in the fresh state than when preserved, it may be well to consider the various methods of keeping fresh meat before taking up methods of curing. All meat to be preserved, either fresh or cured, should be thoroughly cooled after the animal is slaughtered, for unless this is done the meat will not cure well nor will it be possible to keep it in a fresh state for any length of time. In cold weather meat may be kept by hanging it in a dark,...
Page 490 - J ounce (or less) of saccharine. Put the mixture in a tin pepperbox and sift It gradually over 50 pounds of crushed wheat or 40 pounds of crushed oats In a metal tub, mixing the grain constantly so that the poison will be evenly distributed. Dry mixing has the advantage that the grain may be kept any length of time without fermentation.