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A PPEN DIX .
COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE FERTILITY OF SOIL,
IN JERSEY AND IN ENGLAND.
T he standard cabot of the island for wheat, and for
that grain alone, measures fourteen inches and a
quarter wide, and eight inches and a quarter deep,
English measure; consequently it contains 1315,7536
cubic inches.
A legal Winchester bushel measures eighteen
inches and a half wide, and eight inches deep; it therefore
contains 2150,4252 cubic inches.
The average produce of wheat per acre, in Essex
and in Hampshire, has been estimated at 24 bushels,
each weighing from 60 to 64 pounds avoirdupois.
The Rev. Mr. Warner, in his history of the Isle of
Wight, makes the average in that island only 21
bushels. 24 bushels, at 62 pounds each, make 1488
pounds.
