. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 268 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SUMMER. •605 of a decimal, if the ox is ripe fat, but if not so, by '5 of a decimal; that is to say, that the dfTals of an ox in ordinary condition weighs abont as much as its beef and bones. An (tx should not be weighed innnediately after it has fed, as it will weigh too ht-avy, but after it has chewed the cud, and is ready again to feed. Ascertaining the weight by measurement is a more convenient method than by weighin
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 268 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SUMMER. •605 of a decimal, if the ox is ripe fat, but if not so, by '5 of a decimal; that is to say, that the dfTals of an ox in ordinary condition weighs abont as much as its beef and bones. An (tx should not be weighed innnediately after it has fed, as it will weigh too ht-avy, but after it has chewed the cud, and is ready again to feed. Ascertaining the weight by measurement is a more convenient method than by weighing ; and when the measurement is properly taken, and the ox of an ordinary size, it is about as accurate, though every person cannot measure an ox, that process requiring judg- ment to do it properly and accurately. Suppose fig. 358 to represent an ox whose weight, sinking oflals, is de- sired to be ascertained by measurement. The mode is, measure with a tape-line from the top of the shoulder a to the tail-head c, and mark this for the length, then mea;<ure rftnnd the body Vitf, im- mediately behind the shoulder, and mark this for the girth, and on consulting the tables calculated for the purpose of af- Fig. 358. fording the results, the weight of beef will be found. Upon what principle this rule for measurement is founded I can- not say, and suspect that it is entirely HOW TO MEASURE A FAT OX IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN HIS WEIGHT, SINKING THE OFFALS. The rules by which the tables are calculated seem to be these two, namely: multiply the square of the girth in inches by the length in inches, and divide the product by 7344, and the quotient is the weight in imperial stones. Or, square the girth mfeet and multiply it by the length infeet, and multiply again by the decimal '238, and the sum is the weight in imperial stones. For example : Suppose the girth is 7 feet, or 84 in- ches, and the length 5 feet, or 60 inches, the weight of beef in imperial stones, according to
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