Farm Pond Management

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Miscellaneous Conversions and Abbreviations

Listed here are some additional conversions and the definitions for abbreviations which may be helpful in calculations involved in farm pond management.

Table 3. Conversions for units of length

	cm	m	in	ft	yd
cm	1	0.01	0.3937	0.0328	0.0109
m	100	1	39.37	3.281	1.0936
in	2.540	0.0254	1	0.0833	0.00278
ft	30.48	0.3000	48	1	10.3333
yd	91.44	0.9144	36	3	1

Table 4. Conversions for units of weight

	gm	kg	gr	0z	ib
gm	1	0.01	15.43	0.0353	0.0022
kg	1000	1	1.54 x 10^4	35.27	2.205
gr	0.0648	6.48 x 10^-5	1	0.0023	1.43 x 10^-4
oz	28.35	0.0284	437.5	1	0.0625
lb	453.6	0.4536	7000	16	1

Table 5. Miscellaneous conversion factors

1 acre-foot	= 43,560 cubic feet
1 acre-foot	= 325,850 gallons
1 acre-foot of water	= 2,718,144 pounds
1 cubic foot of water	= 62.4 pounds
1 gallon of water	= 8.34 pounds
1 gallon of water	= 3,785 grams
1 liter of water	= 1,000 grams
1 fluid ounce	= 29.57 grams
1 fluid ounce	= 1.043 ounces

Temperature conversions

Centigrade to Fahrenheit = (C° x 9/5) + 32°

Fahrenheit to Centigrade = (F° - 32°) x 5/9

Abbreviations

cm	= centimeters
cm^3	= cubic centimeter
fl oz	= fluid ounce
fl pt	= fluid pint
ft	= foot
ft^3	= cubic foot
gal	= gallon
gm	= gram
gr	= grains
in	= inch
in^3	= cubic inch
kg	= kilogram
lb	= pound
m	= meter
m^3	= cubic meter
oz	= ounce
yd	= yard

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