Bushel seeds
Bushel seed , in contrast to the volume measure bushel , is an old area measure in regionally different sizes.
Significance in German countries
In Lippe , a bushel of seed corresponded to an area of 1717 square meters or ⅔ acres . In Hamburg, the bushel land was calculated at 4,204.7 m². In the Principality of Osnabrück it was 1,179 m². That is roughly the area that could be sown with a bushel of grain. The differences in the sizes result partly from the regionally different size of the volume measure and partly from the fact that the soils had different yields.
- 5 bushels seed = 1 morning (Dutch) = 2 acres (Prussian) = 2 marset = 8 tired set = 600 rods (meaning square rods)
- 4 bushels seed = 2 acres (small Dutch) = 480 rods (meaning square rods) = 1 maldratum ( malt seed ) In Saxony, on the other hand, in 1781 a seed pig was 2,767 square meters. In addition, there were two more Scheffel areas in Saxony: Landscheffel = 27.7 m², Street Scheffel = 39.4 m².
See also
literature
- Otto Brandt: Documents about measure and weight in Saxony, Dresden 1933
- Fritz Verdenhalven : Old measurement and currency systems from the German-speaking area. Neustadt an der Aisch 1993
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Dreckmann , Henny Wiepking, Werner Lüdemann: Barmbek. From the village to the big city. A home book , Dammtor Verlag, Hamburg 1965, page 41.
- ↑ agricultural constitution osnabrück .
- ^ Lower Rhine regional studies. Volumes 2-4, 1957, p. 112.