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Weights and Measures: Texas
In Texas, New Mexico, and other Spanish sections of the United States, the Spanish land measures are still in use. The unit of length is the vara, equal in Texas to 334 inches, in California to 33 inches, and in Mexico to 32.9927 inches. Counting 334 inches to the vara, 108 varas = 100 yards, and 1900.8 varas = 1 mile.
Land is measured in square varas, labors, and square leagues. = 1,000,000 sq. varas=1 labor 177.136 acres. 25 labors = acres. 1 acre =5645.376 sq. varas.
Dimensions of Acre Plots. - The following are approximate measures of an acre plot: 3 by 53 rods is. 1 acre. 4 by 40 rods is. 1 acre. 5 by 32 rods is 1 acre. 6 by 26 1 acre. 7 by 22 1 acre. 8 by 20 rods is.. 1 acre. 9 by 17 1 acre. 10 by 16 rods is 1 acre. 11 by 1411 rods is 1 acre. 12 by 13] rods is ...1 acre, Twelve rods 10 feet and 8½ inches square make an acre.
Dimensions of Small Lots. - The following are approximate measures of plots less than an acre:
Fraction of an acre.
Square feet. Feet square. 2722 52 5445 73 10890 104 14520 120 21780 147 43560 2081 2 87120 2951 12 CUBIC OR CAPACITY MEASURE 1 In Capacity Measure. - Measures of capacity are principally of three sorts: solid, liquid, and dry measure. practical application of capacity measure, however, a number of different units are employed for different purposes. Among these is cubic measure used by scientists and also in the building trades for the meas- 9 SQUARE FEET 1 SO YARD 144 Sq.ln 1 Square Foot 27 CUBIC FEET = 12 INCHES = I.FOOT 3 FEET = IYARD ONE YARD 00 "The Ultimate Measure is the Yard."
GFEET DEEP = 1 FATHOM urement of stone, lumber, and for many other purposes. The ultimate unit is the cube of the standard yard with the cubes of its subdivisions into feet and inches. Other common units are the cord and the cord foot used in the measurement of wood for fuel, and the perch used in the measurement of stone for masonry. The bushel with its subdivisions is the unit of dry measure and is used for grain, vegetables, and the like; but there is an increasing tendency to determine the measurement of these articles by weight. The gallon is the unit of measurement for liquids, with the exception of medicine, for which a special unit is provided. The following is a table of solid or cubic measure: 1728 cu. inches.1 cu. foot, 27 cu. feet. .. ... 40 cu. feet of round timber or ..1 cu. yard. .1 ton or load. 50 cu. feet of hewn tim- .. .. ber. 42 cu. feet .. 16 cu. feet 8 128 cord feet cu. feet 24 cu. feet .. .. 1 ton shipping. 1 cord-foot of wood. 1 cord of wood. 1 cord of wood. .1 perch of stone or masonry. 2150.42 cu. inches...1 standard bushel. 268.8 cu. inches...... .1 standard gallon. bushel. 1 cu. foot A perch of stone or masonry is 16½ feet long, 1½ feet thick, and 1 foot high, and contains 244 cubic feet.
A cubic yard of earth is considered a load.