133 AGRICULTURAE SURVEY.

ſures have been aboliſhed, excepting the ſtandard Win- cheſter buſhel, which contains 2150,4 cubic inches, Pefore that determination, we had three different ized buſhels in the town of Sandwich(viz.) eight gallons and a quarter the country meaſure; eight and an eighth the town meaſure z and eight gallons the London, or Win- cheſter meaſure. In ſome parts of the county, the buſhel contained eight gallons and a half; in others, eight and three-fourths; in ſome places nine gallons: and in moſt of the caſtern parts of the county, twenty-one quarters were allowed to the ſcore, meaſured with a large buſhel.

The rod 1s five yards and a half, or ſixteen feet and a half; and the acre, the true ſtatute meaſure of 160 rods or perches. i

Corn 1s now invariably ſold by the quarter, conſiſting of eight Wincheſter buſhels. Hay, ftraw, and hops, by the ton. Apples and potatoes by the ſack, of about three buſhels and a half, and ſometimes by the ſeve, a baſket containing about a buſhel.

Butchers meat 1s uſually ſold in Eaft Kent by the ſcore

A 5 E TTE PIZ AS i O RTS E pounds, and in Weſt Kent by the ſtone. |; 5

CONCLUSION.