Show erm eam jubb county f t ti august 1879 editors deseret Dezer cl news A I 1 often bee gee in ird sand and almanacs many items under such headings I 1 as things worth remembering box ox measures ete etc ete p etc te which if they were vere correct would ba be very useful butof but of all the box measures that I 1 i ever saw in erlat not one was waa m mathematically correct I 1 have before me an axi agricultural paper in which I 1 read the following I 1 A box 16 by 16 inches 8 inclines inches d deep a ep contains one bushel 0 A box 4 by 4 inches 41 inches deep contains one half peck the first of the above measures lacks 38 25 S 5 cubic cuble linches inches and the other lacks 45 4 5 cubic inches in an another paper nead F read of a bushel buebel ceasur measure e which will actually hold over a bushel and aud a half now ils as the farmers of 0 utah cannot to civo a bushel and a half for a bushel thia this year I 1 give ibb the following which I 1 have submitted to criticism SK i j t 1 A BOX 16 by 16 45 4 5 1113 in friy 8 in t deep contains 2150 25 2 5 cubie cubic in or one bushel each inch in depth 13 half f s k a peck 12 by lii 1115 51 in n 8 I 1 in n deep bo con n mus 1075 15 1 5 cu inches or half a buhei bubel esch each inch in depth is Js 1 dor two quarts 8 by 8 2 5 jno inq in 8 in deep contains 35 3 5 inches or one peck each in in depth is one quart 4 by 4 15 1 5 in 4 in deep conta contains inai 67 15 1 5 cu inches or one qu arteach inch in depth is half a pint i r with the above measures any amoun amount t of grain from half a pint unwar upwards a can be measured with the greatest accuracy JAMES BARDSL Lt |