Hogshead

[hurleyjd]

Wow many imperial gallons of beer would it take to equal a Hogshead? How pounds of tobacco would it take to equal a Hogshead?

 

[TexasBred]

Wow many imperial gallons of beer would it take to equal a Hogshead? How pounds of tobacco would it take to equal a Hogshead?

dang hurley. I thought you were going to be talking about making hogshead souse or cheese as some call it.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Wow many imperial gallons of beer would it take to equal a Hogshead? How pounds of tobacco would it take to equal a Hogshead?

dang hurley. I thought you were going to be talking about making hogshead souse or cheese as some call it.

Big wooden barrel. Larger than a 55 gallon drum. They transported them on ships in days of old. They had to be light enough to handle. They were uniform in size for storage on ships.

 

[backhoeboogie]

I cheated and googled. Now I know. Wow. More weight than I thought.

 

[hurleyjd]

I cheated and googled. Now I know. Wow. More weight than I thought.

Quite a few years ago the department I worked in was discussing measurements and I mentioned hogheads. Quite a discussion then the search. Kind of amazing some of them would have means to stick an axle through them and actual roll them to market. They were pulled by a horse or an ox. History is pretty interesting. Great when we can use the internet for information and to find the answer to questions presented and also questions in our mine. Actual information is really changing how we view history.

 

[M5farm]

Yes, I love history! I wish some other folks liked it so we aren't so doomed to repeat it.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Yes, I love history! I wish some other folks liked it so we aren't so doomed to repeat it.

And I wish so many weren't so determined to re-write it.

 

[Jogeephus]

It takes exactly a mess and a half plus two smidgens to fill a hogshead.

 

[backhoeboogie]

It takes exactly a mess and a half plus two smidgens to fill a hogshead.

It has me wondering about a bushel now. Did they cut down a hogshead and come up with a bushel?

Seen 16 gallon kegs a lot, back in my youth. Did not realize that they were 1/4 of a hogshead.

This whole darn thread has been interesting. Peaked my curiosity and had me surfing the net.

 

[M5farm]

It takes exactly a mess and a half plus two smidgens to fill a hogshead.

It has me wondering about a bushel now. Did they cut down a hogshead and come up with a bushel?

Seen 16 gallon kegs a lot, back in my youth. Did not realize that they were 1/4 of a hogshead.

This whole darn thread has been interesting. Peaked my curiosity and had me surfing the net.

don't forget the peck

 

[M5farm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_units

 

[dun]

Wow many imperial gallons of beer would it take to equal a Hogshead? How pounds of tobacco would it take to equal a Hogshead?

dang hurley. I thought you were going to be talking about making hogshead souse or cheese as some call it.

And I figured it was about the railroad engineer!

 

[greybeard]

I cheated and googled. Now I know. Wow. More weight than I thought.

But-did you know..
The human body contains enough bones to make up a complete human skeleton?

 

[greybeard]

Yes, I love history! I wish some other folks liked it so we aren't so doomed to repeat it.

Hmm--history...

Do you realize, that for every single thing, that happened before you were born, you are stuck with just taking someone else's word for?

 

[hurleyjd]

You can not do much to change history, you can try to change the future but it can throw you a curve, You can try to control the moment and it can also screw you. So take life one day at a time and try to be happy and do something positive no matter how small

 

[TexasBred]

It takes exactly a mess and a half plus two smidgens to fill a hogshead.

It has me wondering about a bushel now. Did they cut down a hogshead and come up with a bushel?

Seen 16 gallon kegs a lot, back in my youth. Did not realize that they were 1/4 of a hogshead.

This whole darn thread has been interesting. Peaked my curiosity and had me surfing the net.

don't forget the peck

Nor the historic "firkin" in the Bible when Jesus turned the water into wine. (Joe might have a few firkins around). Seems he made about 160 gallons of wine....that was one he// of a wedding party. :banana:

 

[Jogeephus]

Had to look up the firkin. Interesting and I learned it wasn't the same as the firkin idiot that was in front of me today.

http://www.hoppytrailsbeernews.com/beer ... -a-firkin/

 

[greybeard]

Until the most recent survey of my place (2007) , the metes and bounds as well as all other measurements were still carried as being measured in Varas. The previous survey was done in 1968--Varas then.
(In Texas, 1 Vara=33 1/3")