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VERMILLION'S GUIDE OF BUFFALO COUNTY
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ESTIMATING GRAIN AND HAY


   1. To Find the Number of Bushels of Grain or Shelled Corn in a Bin: Multiply the length by the width by the depth (all in feet) and divide by 1½.

   2. To Find the Number of Bushels of Ear Corn in a Crib: Multiply the length by the width by the average depth (all in feet) and divide by 2½. If the crib is round, multiply the distance around the crib by the diameter by the depth of the corn (all in feet) and divide by 10.

   3. To Find the Number of Tons of Hay in a Mow: Multiply the length by the width by the height in feet and divide by 422 if the hay is well settled. If a mow is shallow or recently filled divide by 512 cubic feet.

   4. To Find the Number of Tons of Hay in a Stack: Add the width of the stack and its "over" (distance from the ground on one side over the top to the ground on the other side), divide the sum by 4, and multiply this result by itself. The resulting product multiplied by the length of the stack will give its volume in cubic feet. Divide by 512, 422 or 343 cubic feet to find the number of tons.

   5. To Find the Number of Tons in a Round Stack: Measure the distance around the stack, and the distance over the stack. Divide the distance "around" by stack by 4, subtract this quotient from the "over" and divide the remainder by 2 for the "height." Then multiply ¼ the distance "around" by itself, and the product by the height for the cubic feet, and divide by 512, 422, or 350 for the number of tons.



BUFFALO COUNTY FARMS HAVE MANY MODERN CONVENIENCES AND EQUIPMENT

   The 1930 report of the "Nebraska Agricultural Statistics" gives the following items for Buffalo County.

   202 farm homes equippde [sic] with private electrical plants and 90 homes supplies with electricity from power lines.

   576 homes equipped with running water.

   514 homes with bath tub or shower bath.

   252 homes with furnace or steam heat.

   903 homes supplied with radio sets.

BUFFALO COUNTY FARM EQUIPMENT

   1600 cream separators.

   591 brooders.

   172 silos.

   2,251 automobiles on farms and 4, 573 in towns, making a total of 1, 036 trucks in Buffalo county.

   632 tractors on farms.

   591 gas engines.

   122 grain threshers.

   12 combines. For the state of Nebraska the report shows 1,602 combines in 1927 and 3,391 in 1930.


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