This is included on the Chester site, under the heading legal terms, and grouped under measurements....so, they are other words you may not be familiar with. MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (also called a perch or pole) Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, depending on locality Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods The term perch is no longer used, but it is still included as a measurement in my Webster's. (no r in the word...it's perch...... like the fish....and, I believe the plural of perch is perch, again like fish.....so 1 perch or 100 perch.) S. " What are "perchers"? In reading some old deeds, I have come on this term in connection with land measurement, "so-and-so many acres and so-and-so many perches". When did the term go out of usage? Or did it?" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/359 - Release Date: 6/8/2006