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Show MEASURING, ALFALFA. Thero will be much liny sold In the stack here In Utah during tho next six months nnd rules for measurement will be In demand There aic man) rulea In vogue and after nil, the question of how man) tons In n stack is rntlur hird to answer detlnltel). If the stack le very narrow. It will not settle so much us though wider nnd there will be proportionately more wasto because nf the blent he 1 nutsl le In such n stack that has been ) ut up lets than sl weeks, eight feet cube, or G1S cubic feit, ehould lie given for a ton Trom Mx weeks to six months seven and ont-half ont-half feet cube (42!! feet) will make 1 ton In wide nnd high stacks that have stnod sixt) da)s, 380 cubic feet will make a ton To get at the cubic contents of the stack there aro many rules given One Is to mensure over the stack from ground to giound and multlpl) this by the distance In feet through the stack the nairow vva) Divide the product b) i and multiply this quotient b) the length of the stuck In feet This gives the number of cubic feet In the stack A simple and comparatively accurate rule Is tn siuare off the top anl then measure the stack In three dimensions Multlpl) the length brea 1th and height together to get the cubic contents Dl-vldn Dl-vldn the cubic contents by 61! or 428 or 880, according to the age and condl tlon nf the stack and the result will 1 e the number of tons ln the stack |