- The
fanega or
Spanish bushel was an old
measure of dry
capacity in Spanish-speaking countries. It was
generally used in an
agricultural context to measure...
-
equivalents are
given below: 1
caballeria = 12
fanegas 1
labor = 18
fanegas 1
sitio = 492.28
fanegas. Two systems, dry and liquid, were used.
Several units were...
- 800
fanegas of wheat, 1025
fanegas of barley, 52
fanegas of peas, 300
fanegas of corn, 32
fanegas of beans, and 2
fanegas of garbanzos. In 1833 the Mexican...
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barracks in Turbo. In 1840, the
republican president ****igned one
thousand fanegas of
uncultivated lands for the new po****tion. It was
established as a muni****lity...
- horses, 35 mules, and 55
swine were on
mission lands,
while about 3,000
fanegas of
grain (some 220
pounds (100 kg) each of wheat,
barley or corn) had been...
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willing to
swear allegiance to the King of Spain. The land
grant was 30
fanegas (13 hectares/32 acres) for each free man,
woman and
child and half of that...
- Inspector-General
William E.P.
Hartnell found 322
fanegas of wheat, 182
fanegas of corn and 35
fanegas of peas.
Bells were
vitally important to
daily life...
- same time, the
harvest of wheat,
barley and corn was
estimated at 2,018
fanegas, each of
about 220 pounds.
Father Pedro Estévan Tápis (who had a special...
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horses and 29 mules. That year's
harvest included about 2,186
fanegas of
wheat and corn (A
fanega was
about 220
pounds or 100 kilograms). Most of the mission...
- time
acquired a
larger estate known as "las
Cuarenta Fanegas",
making reference to the 40
fanegas of land that the Duke of
Ahumada had
granted for the...
