210.10  Bushel measure.

When any of the commodities enumerated in this section shall be sold by the bushel or fractional part thereof, except when sold in a United States standard container or as provided in sections 210.11 and 210.12, the measure shall be determined by avoirdupois weight and shall be computed as follows:

 

Commodities                  Pounds

Apples . . . . . . . . .            48

Apples, dried . . . . . . . . .      24

Alfalfa seed . . . . . . . . .      60

Barley . . . . . . . . .            48

Beans, green, unshelled . . . . . . . . .  56

Beans, dried . . . . . . . . .      60

Beans, lima . . . . . . . . .        56

Beets . . . . . . . . .              56

Blue grass seed . . . . . . . . .    14

Bran . . . . . . . . .              20

Bromus inermis . . . . . . . . .    14

Broom corn seed . . . . . . . . .    50

Buckwheat . . . . . . . . .          48

Carrots . . . . . . . . .            50

Castor beans, shelled . . . . . . . . .  50

Charcoal . . . . . . . . .          20

Cherries . . . . . . . . .          40

Clover seed . . . . . . . . .        60

Coal . . . . . . . . .              80

Coke . . . . . . . . .              40

Corn on the cob (field) . . . . . . . . .  70

Corn in the ear, unhusked (field) . . . . . . . . .  75

Corn, shelled (field) . . . . . . . . .  56

Corn meal . . . . . . . . .          48

Cucumbers . . . . . . . . .          48

Emmer . . . . . . . . .              40

Flaxseed . . . . . . . . .          56

Grapefruit . . . . . . . . .        48

Grapes, with stems . . . . . . . . .  40

Hempseed . . . . . . . . .          44

Hickory nuts, hulled . . . . . . . . .  50

Hungarian grass seed . . . . . . . . .  50

Kaffir corn . . . . . . . . .        56

Lemons . . . . . . . . .            48

Lime . . . . . . . . .              80

Millet seed . . . . . . . . .        50

Oats . . . . . . . . .              32

Onions . . . . . . . . .            52

Onion top sets . . . . . . . . .    28

Onion bottom sets . . . . . . . . .  32

Oranges . . . . . . . . .            48

Orchard grass seed . . . . . . . . .  14

Osage orange seed . . . . . . . . .  32

Parsnips . . . . . . . . .          45

Peaches . . . . . . . . .            48

Peaches, dried . . . . . . . . .    33

Peanuts . . . . . . . . .            22

Pears . . . . . . . . .              45

Peas, green, unshelled . . . . . . . . .  50

Peas, dried . . . . . . . . .        60

Plums . . . . . . . . .              48

Popcorn, on the cob . . . . . . . . .  70

Popcorn, shelled . . . . . . . . .  56

Potatoes . . . . . . . . .          60

Quinces . . . . . . . . .            48

Rape seed . . . . . . . . .          50

Redtop seed . . . . . . . . .        14

Rutabagas . . . . . . . . .          60

Rye . . . . . . . . .                56

Salt . . . . . . . . .              80

Sand . . . . . . . . .             130

Shorts . . . . . . . . .            20

Sorghum saccharatum seed . . . . . . . . .  50

Soybeans . . . . . . . . .          60

Spelt . . . . . . . . .              40

Sweet corn . . . . . . . . .        50

Sweet potatoes . . . . . . . . .    50

Timothy seed . . . . . . . . .      45

Tomatoes . . . . . . . . .          50

Turnips . . . . . . . . .            55

Walnuts, hulled . . . . . . . . .    50

Wheat . . . . . . . . .              60

All root crops not specified above . . . . . . . . .  50

 

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 940; R60, § 1778, 1781--1784; C73, § 2049; C97, § 3016; S13, § 3009-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3236; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 210.10]


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