Plow (unit)

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The plow was a measure of field and arable land, a measure of area, in the Danish Duchy of Schleswig . The amount of seed was put in relation to the area to be cultivated.

  • 1 plow = 2 tons of seeds = 8 tons of hard-grain sowing
  • 1 plow = 1.68224 Parisian square feet = 69 4/9 Prussian acres
  • 3 tons of hard grain = 32 tons of seed land

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 238

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg Contorist: who of the currencies, coins, weights, measures ..., Hamburg 1782, p. 305