Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1883 — For Form Boys to Learn. [ARTICLE]

For Form Boys to Learn.

How many of the boys who read this paper could “lay off” an acre of ground exactly, providing one of the dimensions was given them? Now “Hoe Handle” likes to be useful, and I have taken some pains to make out a table, and I would like to have every one of the farm boys learn it. There are 160 square rods in an fibre, and there are 30i square rods in one rod. This gives 4,840 square yards in one acre. 10 yards wide by 484 yards long is 1 acre. 20 yards wide by 242 yards long is 1 acre. 40 yards wide by 121 yards long is 1 acre. 80 yards wide by 60!$ yards long is 1 acre. 70 yards wide by 695$ yards long is 1 acre. 60 yards wide by 80% yards long is 1 acre. Again, allowing nine square feet to the yard, 272±- square feet to the rod, 43,560 square feet to the acre, and we • have another table: 440 feet by 90 feet—l acre. 249 feet by 181% feet—l acre. 220 feet by 198 feet—l acre. 120 feet by 363 feet—4 acre. 110 feet by 369 feet—l acre.