All you need are the three basic magic necessities, need, emotion, and knowledge. Concentrate on only what you need. Say the following; I give, because I'm generous. I take because I ask. What I well deserve is wha... Read more of SPELL TO GET WHAT YOU WANT at White Magic.caInformational Site Network Informational
Privacy
Home Top Rated Puzzles Most Viewed Puzzles All Puzzle Questions Random Puzzle Question Search


The Farmer's Oxen





(MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES)

A child may propose a problem that a sage cannot answer. A farmer propounded the following question: "That ten-acre meadow of mine will feed twelve bullocks for sixteen weeks or eighteen bullocks for eight weeks. How many bullocks could I feed on a forty-acre field for six weeks, the grass growing regularly all the time?"



It will be seen that the sting lies in the tail. That steady growth of the grass is such a reasonable point to be considered, and yet to some readers it will cause considerable perplexity. The grass is, of course, assumed to be of equal length and uniform thickness in every case when the cattle begin to eat. The difficulty is not so great as it appears, if you properly attack the question.







Read Answer





Next: The Great Grangemoor Mystery

Previous: Ovid's Game



Add to Informational Site Network
Report
Privacy
ADD TO EBOOK




Random Questions

A New Match Puzzle.
Patchwork Puzzles
The Chocolate Squares.
Various Dissection Puzzles
The Chessboard Sentence.
Chessboard Problems
The Battle Of Hastings.
Money Puzzles
The Runaway Motor-car
Adventures of the Puzzle Club
The Nelson Column
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
Another Joiner's Problem.
Various Dissection Puzzles
Crossing The Moat
THE STRANGE ESCAPE OF THE KING'S JESTER
The Gentle Art Of Stamp-licking.
Chessboard Problems
The Folded Cross.
GREEK CROSS PUZZLES
The Amulet
PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE
The Three Sheep.
Chessboard Problems
The Four Knights' Tours.
The Guarded Chessboard
Curious Numbers.
Money Puzzles
Placing Halfpennies.
Unclassified Problems.