Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making
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with rules, tables, recipes, etc., useful to
manufactures, blacksmiths, machinists,
well-drillers, engineers, liverymen,
horse-shoers, farmers, wagon-makers,
mechanics, amateurs and all others who have
occasion to perform the work for which this
book is primarily intended.
Take the following ingredients well mixed together, and give
one tablespoonful daily in food during sickness, and as a
preventative two or three times a week:
Powdered charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pound
Powdered mandrake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 pounds
Powdered resin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pound
Powdered saltpeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ounces
Powdered madder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..8 ounces
Powdered bi-carbonate of soda. . . . . .6 pounds
TENSILE STRENGTH OF IRON AND OTHER MATERIALS
Pounds required to tear asunder a rod one inch square:
Cast Steel…………………………..145,000
Soft Steel…………………………...115,000
Swedish Iron………………………. 85,000
American Iron………………………60,000
Russian Iron………………………...62,000
Cast Iron, best………………………45,000
Cast Iron, poor……………………...14,000
Silver………………………………..40,000
Gold…………………………………21,000
Whalebone…………………………..8,000
Bone…………………………………8,000
Tin…………………………………...5,000
Zinc………………………………….3,000
Platinum……………………………..40,000
Boiler Plates…………………………50,000
Leather Belt (lin.)……………………350
Rope (manilla)………………………10,000
Hemp (tarred)………………………..14,000
Brass…………………………………40,000
HOW CORN IN THE CRIB AND HAY IN THE MOW SHOULD BE MEASURED
As near as can be figured out, two cubic feet of corn in the ear will make one bushel shelled. To find the quantity of
corn in the crib, measure length, breadth and height, multiply the breadth by the length and this product by the
height; then divide this product by two, and you have the right number of bushels of corn.
It is estimated that 510 cubic feet of hay in a mow will make one ton. Multiply the length by the breadth and the
product by the height; divide this product by 510, and the quotient shows the tons of hay in the mow.
GRAIN SHRINKAGE
Not often do the farmers gain any by keeping the grain, for it will shrink more than the price will make good. Wheat
will shrink 7 per cent in seven months from the time is thrashed. Therefore, 93 cents a bushel for wheat in September
is better than $1 in April the following year. Add to this the interest for the money you could have used in paying
debts, or loaned, and it will add 4 per cent more, making it 11 per cent.
Corn will shrink more than wheat, and potatoes are very risky to keep on account of the diseases they are subjected
to; the loss is estimated at 30 per cent for six months.
VALUE OF A TON OF GOLD OR SILVER
A ton of gold is worth in money $602,799.2 I; a ton of silver, $37,704.84.
AGES OF ANIMALS
Years
Elephant…………………………………… 1 to 400
Whale……………………………………… 100
Swan……………………………………….. 250
Eagle……………………………………….. 100
Raven………………………………………. 110
Stag………………………………………… 50
Lion………………………………………… 75
Mule……………………………………….. 75
Horse………………………………………. 30
Ox…………………………………………. 30
Goose…………………………………….... 75
Hawk………………………………………. 35
Crane………………………………………. 24
Skylark…………………………………….. 20
Crocodile…………………………………… 100
Tortoise…………………………………….. 150
Cow………………………………………… 20
Deer………………………………………… 20
Wolf………………………………………... 20
Swine………………………………………. 20
Dog………………………………………… 12
Hare………………………………………... 8
Squirrel……………………………………. 7
Titlark……………………………………… 5
Queen bee………………………………….. 4
Working bee………………………………... 6 months
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