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Re: City boy needs a little more help

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From: Steve Sheldon
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00
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In <4frrqi$t1s@news.iastate.edu> john@iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:

>Hos4 <hos4@aol.com> wrote:
>}How do I determine the weight of a bushel of wheat?  In other words, how
>}many bushels of soft red wheat are in a metric ton?

>   A bushel is 8 gallons.  Fill a milk jug with wheat and weigh it :)
>   A metric ton is 2204.6 lbs.

 Hint: Call your county Extension agent.  They'll probably know where to
look for an answer.

 But the weight is going to be dependent on grain moisture.

>}Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.  By the way, what did you
>}guys do to poor Phi Gramm yesterday?

>   The theory is if Dole is elected he'll take our Gov. 
>   (and his run-over-and-kill-old-couple-and-get-away-with-it son)
>   away for his cabinet -- this is generally seen as a good thing.

 PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

 GO BOB GO!

Steve
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From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: City boy needs a little more help
Date: 1996/02/15
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