STATISTICAL SURVEY 



SECT. 2. Weights and Meafures. 



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THE weights and meafures of this county are tole- 

 rably uniform, though not entirely fo. Grain of all 

 'kinds, when fold by weight, is weighed by the hun- 

 dred or ton; the hundred weight is eight Hones, of 

 fourteen pounds each } the ton, twenty of thofe hun- 

 dred weights. Oatmeal is fold by the hundred weight 

 of 1 20 pounds, or fix fcore : potatoes by the ftone of 

 fourteen pounds : undrefled flax by the ftone of fixteen 

 pounds : hackled flax fold by the fame : beef and pork, 

 when fold by the hundred weight, have 1 20 pounds ; 

 when in lefler quantfctesr, by the fmgle pound of fixteen 

 ounces : tallow is fold by the ftone of fixteen pounds : 

 hides by the hundred weight of 1 20 pounds. 



Meafures. All meafures here are regulated by the 

 Winchefter bulhel of thirty-two quarts, which of 

 courfe contains eight gallons. Grain is taxed at the 

 mills by the peck, containing fixteen quarts, or one- 

 half of a Winchefter bufliel. Oats are now the only 

 grain fold in any part of this county by meafure. The 

 different meafures are, in the eaftem parts, an hogfhead, 

 containing twelve Winchefter buftiels ; in the other 

 parts, a bole, containing ten bufliels of the fame mea- 

 fure. A great change has taken place within thefe laft 



twenty- 



