Sowing size
A sowing measure is a quantity of seed that is required to cultivate an arable area. It is an imprecise measure of measurement like that for the generic term wine measure , salt measure or oil measure .
Two variants are and were possible. First: The amount of seed is fixed and it is determined on the area. Second: The area is fixed and the amount of seed is calculated. Case 1 has grown historically with a fixed amount of seed to determine the area. The soil quality, lean or strong soil, was taken into account in many measurements in the past, but was only an attempt to take into account the various influences. Even the difference in the seeds ( oats , wheat , rye and other seeds) has an influence, which can still be influenced with the measure of capacity . The sowing time also played a role. Less seeds when ordered early influenced the measure. The inaccuracies are inherent in all measures of this group.
In modern agriculture, these measures have been replaced by metric measures and have become more accurate through science. They are still essential for planning today. In the past, the measure of the seed was taken from the bushel , metzel or the valid capacity of the region and so the area size to be cultivated was known as a guideline. Often taxes or payments in kind from the expected crop were based on this measure.
example
As an example a sowing measure in Lippe-Detmold :
For comparison the measurements of one morning :
- 1 acre = 120 square rods = 25.7488 ares
Sowing dimensions
- Ammersaat
- Boisselée
- Bosses
- Carteyrade
- Cavalleria
- Coltra
- incidence
- Fast sowing
- Hiss
- Geestmorgen
- Geest Sheffel
- Haidscheffel
- Laha
- Load (acre)
- Nösel
- Maltese seeds
- Malterscheid with Mütte, Scheffel and Viertelscheid
- Okruch
- Pezza
- Plow (unit)
- Research
- Robada
- Zealand bin
- Ton land
- Wente
literature
- Gustav Theodor Fechner: Das Hauslexikon: Complete manual of practical life knowledge for all classes. Volume 7, Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1837, p. 21.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries and trading centers in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with special consideration of Austria and Russia. Jasper, Hügel and Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 65.