208 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



Oatmeal is ulmoft univerfally fold by the peck of 

 lolb. by retail ; twelve pecks being equal to the long 

 hundred, or isolb., which is the ufual flandard for 

 oatmeal. In fome parts oatmeal is fold by the fcore, 

 \thich is equal to two pecks, twenty of which are 

 confldered a barrel of meal, being equal to 3 cwt. 

 2 qrs. 8lb. of the fhort hundred, or i I2lb. 



Potatoes are generally fold at market by the (lone, 

 but the farmers fell large quantities in the country by 

 the meafure, which is reckoned equal to eight ftone ; 

 but, when heaped, as is the ufual cuftom, the meafure 

 generally exceeds nine ftone. A meafure of potatoes 

 weighs more in winter, than in fpring or fummer ; the 

 fame remark will hold good for oats. Oatmeal cer- 

 tainly encreafes in weight by age, but fmce that article 

 is fold by weight, there is no danger of the poor fuf- 

 fering. In general, throughout the county, forty ftone 

 of potatoes is equal to a barrel. 



Frefli butter is ufually fold by the pound of eighteen 

 ounces ; but failed butter is fold by the ftandard 

 pound of fixteen ounces. 



Flax-feed is always fold by the gallon when retailed, 

 and by the hogfhead when fold by wholefale. The 

 hog(head contains from fixty to feventy gallons. 



Hides and tallow are fometimes fold by the fiiort 

 hundred, or ii2lb., and alfo by the long hundred, or 

 i2olb. ; either of which cannot afFeft the buyer or 

 feller, as the price by the pound is always underftood. 



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