CARDS ARE OMITTED AT PRESENT. CLOTH MEASURE. 4 nails, marked na. make 1 quarter of a yard, qr. In 75 yards how many quarters and nails? Answer, 300 quarters, 1200 pa. 75 yds. In 441 yards, 1 qr. 1 na. how many nails? Ans. 7061 na. In 55 Ells French how many nails? Answer, 1320. 55 × 6 × 4 = 1320. LESSON 6. Cloth Measure. How many yards of muslin in the four following pieces? yds. In 5 loads of wheat, each 21 bushels, how many pecks? 21 x 5 x 4 = 420. Answer, 420 pecks. LESSON 2. A farmer wishes to seed 54 acres with wheat, at the rate of 5 pecks to the acre; how much wheat is required? A merchant wishes to transport 504 bushels of flaxseed, in casks that will hold 7 bushels each; how many casks NOTE.-231 solid inches make a gallon. * A hogshead in the United States is of no certain quantity; it con tains from 100 to 125 gallons; but generally about 112. A vintner had 2 pipes of wine, each containing 126 gallons, and he wished to draw it off into bottles of 7 gills each; how many bottles were sufficient? Ans. 1152. 252 gallons in all. 4 quarts in a gallon. 1008 quarts in the whole. ÷Gills in each bottle, 7)8064 gills in the whole. 1152 number of bottles. LESSON 3. Wine Measure. If a grocer reduce 126 gallons of brandy, by mixing water equal to one fourth the quantity of brandy, how many gallons will he have in the whole? Answer, 157 gal. 2 qts. 126÷÷4=31 gal. 2 qts. over. 5 Yards or 164 feet, 1 rod, pole, or perch. But, in measuring distances, the Chain is preferable to the Rod or Pole, |