. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. 53^ yds. or 16H ft = 1 rod (rd.). 820 rds =1 mile (mi.). 1 mile or 320 rds. or 1760 yds. or 5280 ft or 63,360 ins. SQUARE MEASURE. 144 square inches (sq. in.) =1 square foot (sq. ft.). 9 square feet (sq. ft.) =1 square yard (sq. yd.). 303^ sq. yds =1 square rod (sq. rd.). 160 sq. rds =1 acre (a.). 640 acres =1 square mile (sq. mi). 1 sq. mi =1 section. 36 sections =1 township (twp.) 43,560 sq. ft =1 acre. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.). 27 cu. ft =1 cubic yard (cu. yd.). 1 c
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. 53^ yds. or 16H ft = 1 rod (rd.). 820 rds =1 mile (mi.). 1 mile or 320 rds. or 1760 yds. or 5280 ft or 63,360 ins. SQUARE MEASURE. 144 square inches (sq. in.) =1 square foot (sq. ft.). 9 square feet (sq. ft.) =1 square yard (sq. yd.). 303^ sq. yds =1 square rod (sq. rd.). 160 sq. rds =1 acre (a.). 640 acres =1 square mile (sq. mi). 1 sq. mi =1 section. 36 sections =1 township (twp.) 43,560 sq. ft =1 acre. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.). 27 cu. ft =1 cubic yard (cu. yd.). 1 cu. yd =27 cu. ft. or 46,656 cu. in. 1 cu. yd =1 load. 24% cu. ft =1 perch. 128 cu. ft. or 8 ft. X 4 ft. X 4 ft =1 cord. 1 ft. X 12 in. X 1 in =1 board foot. surveyors linear measure. inches =1 link. 100 links =1 chain. 80 chains =1 mile. Gunters chain is the unit and is 66 feet long. surveyors square MEASURE. 10,000 sq. links . =1 square chain. 10 sq. chains =1 acre. 10 chains square =10 Chesapeake Strawberry. From Year-Book, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1912. FARMING FOR PROFIT FRUITS, VEGETABLESAND FLOWERS ANON-TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR THEIRCULTURE, MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT BY FRANK D: GARDNER PROFESSOR OF AGRONOMY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGEAND EXPERIMENT STATION R. L. WATTS Dean and Director, School of Agriculture and Experi-ment Station, Pennsylvania State College. PAUL WORK Superintendent and Instructor, Department of Veg-etable Gardening, Cornell University. C. W. WAID Extension Specialist, Michigan Agricultural College. H. M. WARE Practical Mushroom Grower, Delaware. W. W. STOCKBERGER Physiologist in Drug and Poisonous Plant Investi-gation, United States Department of Agriculture. M. G. KAINS Professor of Horticulture, Pennsylvania State College. F. F. MOON Professor of Forest Engineering College, of Forestry,Syracuse University. ASSISTED BY PROF. L. C. CORBETT In charge of Horticultural and Pomological Investi-gations, United States Department of Agriculture.
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