[#51478] 1900 Census terms

[Gjest Betty Patterson]

In the 1900 census records, there are colums for Rug, Bygg, blandkorn, erter og poteter. The numbers for each may be 1/8, 1 1/2, etc. What do these numbers mean? Is is 1/8 bushel of grain? Or 1/8 acre of land used for rye? Or something else? Mange takk.

[Gjest Yngve Nedrebø]

I am surprised you have found these numbers in the 1900 census, as the questions there normally demands yes or no, and not numbers.But in the 1865 and 1875 censuses there are such numbers, and they will normally be referring to 'tønder' (one 'tønde' from 1824: 139 litres). The number lists the seed, not the harvest.