Show estimating EstI maUne weight of stock there are a great many beef cattle sold this of the year in the northwest on foot and in many miny instances in their weight ie is guessed at far for want of convenient convenient scales we have foaud the following jug rule for weight of au an by measuring to be e very accurate have the animal aland land squarely oa ou ita its feet then take his circumference behind the oh blade blad ethis abia la is the girth then measure from that thit part of the rear which plumbs with the hinder part if of the buttock to the fore parte parts of the shoulder dr blade this will be the len length lenth th multiply ply the length by the girth winch will give a superficial area in feet and each foot must be multiplied by a specified number of pounds to the foot according to 0 o the dimension dimensions of the animal for animals measuring more than five and less than seven feet in girth twentythree twenty y three pounds is computed for each foot fool from seven seyen to nine feet girth thir tyone pounds should be allowed four to five feel feet girth indicates sixteen pounds to the foot toot an animal measuring but two feet girth and two feet length each quare square foot is eleven pounds no now w suppose we have an anima animal with a girth of eix six feet and a length lenh of five feet which is thirty feet multi multiples pled by twentythree twenty three is 60 pounds you one that girths eight feet and has a length of eix six feet this would be forty eight multiplied by thirty one or 1488 pounds and eo so on for the various dimension dimensions the dimensions of df cattle sheep calves and hoga hogs taken inthis in this way will give the weight of the four quarters of the animal sinking the eitai A deduction must be made on the above basis for half fat cofone of one pound in twenty and for a cow that has hu had bad calves if not fat one pounding pound in twenty must be allowed farm farra stock aud and home |