TO WEIGH ANIMALS BY MEASUREMENT.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1669, 6 May 1874, Page 3

TO WEIGH ANIMALS BY MEASUREMENT.

The only instrument^ necessary is,a measure 'with feet and inch marks upon it. The girth is the circumference of the animal just behind the shoulder blades; the' length is the distance from the shoulder blades. The, superficial feet are obtained by multiplying the girth and length. The following table contains the rulo to ascertain the weight of the animal: —If less than one foot^, in girth, multiply superficial ,fqet bj c i gut. If less than three, and more than one, multiply superficial feet by < loven. If less than five and more 1 than three, multiply superficial feet by sixteen. It less than seven, and more-than five, multiply superficial feet.'by. twenty-threo. If less than nine, and 'more' than seven, multiply superficial feet by thirfcy-two. If less than eleven, and more than nine, multiply Luperfieialfeet by forty-three. Example : Suppose the'girth of a bullock to be six feet three inches, length five feet six I indies, the superficial area will then be thirty-four, and, in accordance with the preceding table, the weight will be seven hundred and eighty-two pounds. Suppose a pio- to measure in, girth two feet, and. length one foot and nine inches, there would th'en be'three and a half feet,* whifclrniultiplied by eleven, gives thirtyeight and a-half pounds as the weight of the animal when dressed. In this way the weight of four quarters can be substantially ascertained during life.—Exchange.