Legal Weights (In Pounds) Per Bushel

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Legal Weights (In Pounds) Per Bushel

States and Territories.	Apples.			Beans.										Coal.							Corn.
States and Territories.	Apples.*	Dried Apples.	Barley.	Beans.*	Castor Beans (shelled).	Beets.	Blue-grass Seed.	Bran.*	Broom-corn Seed.	Buckwheat.	Carrots.	Charcoal.	Clover Seed.	Coal.*	Anthracite Coal.	Bituminous Coal.	Cannel Coal.	Mineral Coal.	Stone Coal.	Coke.	Corn.*	Corn in Ear, Husked.	Corn in Ear, Unhusked.	Shelled Corn.	Corn Meal.*
United States			48		50					42						80					56				48
Alabama.		24	47	60											80							70	75	56
Arizona			45	155																	54	70	74
Arkansas	250	24	48	160			14	20	48	52			60											56	48
California
Colorado.			48	60			14			52			60	80				80				70			50
Connecticut	48	25	48	60		360		20		48	50	20	60		80
Delaware												20
Dist. of Columbia
Florida	248	24	48	460	48			20															70	56	48
Georgia		24	47	560			14	620		52			60						80			70		56	48
Hawaii			48
Idaho	245	28	48							42			60
Illinois		24	48	560	40		14	20		52			00						80			70		56	48
Indian Territory.																					770
Indiana		25	48	60	40		14			50			60					80						56	50
Iowa.	48	24	48	60	46		14	20	30	5?		20	60						80	38		870		56
Kansas	248	24	48	60	40		914	20		50			60						80			1070			50
Kentucky		24	47	560	*45		14	20		56			60	76	76	76	76	76	76		1170			56	50
Louisiana
Maine	44		48	62		60				48	50										56				1250
Maryland												20
Massachusetts	48	25	48	1360				20		48	50		60											1450	50
Michigan.	48	22	48	00			14			48			60					80				870		56	50
Minnesota	250	28	48	60		50	14		57	50	45	20	60	80								70		56

Mississippi		26	48	560	46		14	20		48			60						80			72		56	48
Missouri.	48	24	48	1560	46		14	20		52	50		60					80					70	56	50
Montana	48			(i0		50	14	20		52	50		60					76				70		56	50
Nebraska		24	48	560	46		14	20		52			60						80			70		56	50
Nevada
New Hampshire.				62																	56				50
New Jersey.	50	25	48	60						50			64
New Mexico
New York	48	25	48	60				20		48	50		60												50
North Carolina			48							50			60
North Dakota.	50		48	60		60		20	30	42			60						80			70		56
Ohio	50	24	48	60		56				50	50		60			80	70			40		68		56
Oklahoma.			48	60		60		20	30	42			60						80			70		56
Oregon.	45	28	46							42			60
Pennsylvania			47							48		161817	60	1875		76				40
Rhode Island	48	25	48	60	46	50		20		48	50	20	60	80						40		70		56	50
South Carolina																									1948
South Dakota			48	60		60		20	30	42			60						80			70		56
Tennessee.	250	24	48	203023	46	50	14	20	42	50	50	22	2160						80	40		70	2274	56
Texas	45	28	48					20		42		22	60						80			70	72	56
Utah
Vermont	46		48	62		60				48	50		60
Virginia		28	48	560			14			52			60						80			70		56	50
Washington.	245	28	48							42			60
West Virginia		25	48	60						52			60			80					56
Wisconsin.	50	25	48	60		50		20		50	50		60												50
Wyoming.

* Not defined.

1 Small white beans, 60 pounds.

2 Green apples.

3 Sugar beets and mangel wurzel.

4 Shelled beans, 60 pounds; velvet beans, 78 pounds. 5 White beans.

6 Wheat bran.

7 Corn in ear, 70 pounds until Dec.

1 next after grown; 68 pounds thereafter.

8 In the cob.

9 English blue-grass seed, 22 pounds; native blue-grass seed, 14 pounds.

10 Indian corn in ear.

11 Corn in ear, from Nov. 1 to May 1 following, 70 pounds; 68 pounds from May 1 to Nov. 1.

12 Indian corn meal.

13 Soy beans.

14 Cracked corn.

15 Green unshelled beans, 30 pounds; green shelled beans, 56 pounds.

16 Commercially dry, for all hardwoods.

17 Fifteen pounds commercially dry, for all soft woods.

18 Standard weight in Bureau of Greensburg.

19 Standard weight bushel corn meal bolted or unbolted, 48 pounds.

20 Dried beans.

21 Red and white.

22 Green unshelled corn, 100 pounds.

23 Green beans in pod.

States and Territories.			Cotton Seed.											Lime.					Onions.					Peaches.
States and Territories.	Corn Meal, Bolted.	Corn Meal, Unbolted.	Cotton Seed.*	Sea Island Cottonseed.	Upland Cotton Seed.	Cranberries.	Flaxseed (linseed).	Gooseberries.	Plastering Hair.	Hemp Seed.	Herds Grass.	Hungarian Grass Seed.	Indian Corn or Maize.	Lime.*	Unslaked Lime.	Malt.	Millet.	Oats.	Onions.*	Onion Sets.	Orchard Grass Seed.	Osage Orange Seed.	Parsnips.	Peaches.*	D'd Peaches, Peeled.
United States							56									34		32
Alabama			32															32							38
Arizona																		32
Arkansas			33 1/2				56										50	32	57						33
California.
Colorado										44			56	80				32	57
Connecticut.				44	30		55				45		56	70				32	52				45		33
Delaware	44	48											56
Dist. of Columbia
Florida.			32	46													50	32	56					154	33
Georgia			30				56		8	44					80			32	57						38
Hawaii.													56					32
Idaho							56						56					36
Illinois.							56		8	44					80	38		32	57
Indian Territory.
Indiana						33				44						235	50	32	48		14	33	55
Iowa							56	40		44		50		80			50	32	57			32		48
Kansas							56		3 8	44		50	456		80		50	32	57
Kentucky							56		8	44		50			35		50	432	57	536	14				39
Louisiana.
Maine									11									630	52
Maryland																		26
Massachusetts.				44	30		55				45		456	70				32	52						33
Michigan						40	56			44		50		70			50	32	54		14	33			28

Minnesota						36		40	3 8	50		48		80			48	32	52		14		42		28
Mississippi	44	48	32				56			44		50			80	38	50	32	57						33
Missouri			33				56			44		48				38	50	32	57	728	14	36	44	48	33
Montana.							56			44		50			80	30		32	57				50
Nebraska							56		8	44		50			80	30	50	32	57	25		32			33
Nevada.
New Hampshire.																		32
New Jersey.							55						56					30	57						33
New Mexico
New York.				44	30		55				45		56	70				32	57						33
North Carolina	46	48	30				55						56					32
North Dakota.																	50	32	52
Ohio							56			44		50		70		34	50	32	55					48	33
Oklahoma.							56							80				32	52
Oregon													56					32							28
Pennsylvania													56					32	50
Rhode Island				44	30		56			44		50		70		38	50	32	50				50	48	33
South Carolina	46	48	30
South Dakota							56							80				32	52
Tennessee.	50	48	28				56	48	8	44		48		(8)	80		950	32	1056	72811	14	33	50	1050	26*
Texas			32				56			44		48					50	32	57					50	28
Utah
Vermont.											45		56					32	52
Virginia			32				56		8	44	12	48			80	38	50	30	57	28	14	34			40
Washington							56						56					32							28
West Virginia							56											32							33
Wisconsin				44	30		56			44		48	56	70	80	34	50	32	57				44		33
Wyoming

* Not defined.

1 Green peaches.

2 Rye malt.

3 Unwashed plastering hair, 8 pounds; washed plastering hair, 4 pounds.

4 Shelled.

5 Bottom onion sets.

6 Strike measure.

7 Top onion sets, 28 pounds.

8 Slaked lime, 40 pounds.

9 German Missouri and Tennessee millet seed.

10 Matured.

11 Button onion sets, 32 pounds.

States and Territories.	D'd Peaches, Unpeeled.	Peanuts.	Peas.			Pears.*	Potatoes.			Red Top.	Rough Rice.	Rice Corn.	Rutabagas.	Rye Meal.	Rye	Salt.			Shorts.*	Sorghum Seed.	Tomatoes.	Timothy Seed.	Turnips.		Wheat.
States and Territories.	D'd Peaches, Unpeeled.	Peanuts.	Ground Peas.	Green Peas, Unshelled.	Peas.*	Pears.*	Potatoes.*	Sweet Potatoes.	White Potatoes.	Red Top.	Rough Rice.	Rice Corn.	Rutabagas.	Rye Meal.	Rye	Salt.*	Fine Salt.	Coarse Salt.	Shorts.*	Sorghum Seed.	Tomatoes.	Timothy Seed.	Turnips.*	C'mon English Turnips.	Wheat.
United States					60		60								56										60
Alabama	33				60			55	60						56								55		60
Arizona.							60	50	60						56										60
Arkansas	33				60					14					56	50				50		60	57		60
California.
Colorado							60								56	80						45			60
Connecticut	33				60		60	54	60		45		60	50	56		50	70	20					50	60
Delaware																									60
Dist. of Columbia							60
Florida		22				60		60	60						56	60				56			54		60
Georgia	33		25		60			55	60		43				56							45	55		60
Hawaii															56										60
Idaho.	28					145	60								56										60
Illinois	33							50	60						56		55	50				45	55		60
Indian Territory.
Indiana.	33						60	55							56	50						45	55		60
Iowa	33						60	46							56	50				230		45			60
Kansas	33						60	50				56			56	50				56		45	55		60
Kentucky.			24		60		60	55	60						56	50	55					45	60		60
Louisiana.
Maine.					60		60						60	50			60	70						50	60
Maryland.							56														60
Massachusetts.					60		60	54			45			50	56		50	70	20			45			60

Michigan.					60			56	60	314					56	56						45	58		60
Minnesota					60			55	60	314			52		56					57		45			60
Mississippi			24		60			60	60						56	50				42		45	55		60
Missouri				56	460	48		56	60	314			50		56	50				42	45	45		42	60
Montana.					60	48	60								56	50						45	50		60
Nebraska					60			50	60						56	50				30		45	55		60
Nevada.
New Hampshire.					60		60							50	56										60
New Jersey					60			54	60						56										60
New Mexico
New York					60			54	60		45			50	56		56	70	20			45			60
North Carolina		22			60						44				56										60
North Dakota					60			46	60						56	80						45	60		60
Ohio					60			50	60						56						56	45	60		60
Oklahoma					60			46	60						56	80						42	60		60
Oregon						45	60								56										60
Pennsylvania.							56								56										60
Rhode Island.					460			54	60					50	56		50	70	20		56	45	50		60
South Carolina
South Dakota					60			46	60						56	80						42	60		60
Tennessee		23		30	860	556		50	60	14					56	50				50	56	45	50		60
Texas								55	60						56	50					55	45	55		60
Utah
Vermont					60		60								56	70						45	60		760
Virginia	32	22			660			56	60	12					56	50						45	55		60
Washington						145	60								56										60
West Virginia							60								56							45			60
Wisconsin					60			54	60		45		56	50	56		50	70	20			45	42		60
Wyoming

* Not defined.

1 Green.

2 Sorghum saccharatum seed.

3 Seed.

4 Including split peas.

5 Matured pears, 56 pounds; dried pears, 26 pounds.

6 Black-eyed peas.

7 India wheat, 46 pounds.

8 Dry.

- U. S. Bureau of Standards.

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Copyright, 1904, by Munn & Co.

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