140 FARM ACCOUNTS. 



Standard Weight of Bushel. 



In contracts for the sale of any of the following articles, unless 

 a contrary intention appears, the term " bushel" shall mean the 

 number of pounds avoirdupois herein stated: 



Corn in ear, 70; beans, peas, wheat, clover seed, and Irish potatoes, 

 60; broom corn seed and sorghum seed, 57; shelled corn and rye, 

 56; sweet potatoes, 55; onions and rutabagas, 52; buckwheat, hemp 

 seed, rt;pe seed, beets and green apples, 50; barley, millet, and 

 Hungarian grass seed, 48; carrots and timothy seed, 45; blueberries 

 and parsnips, 42; currants and gooseberries, 40; cranberries, 36; 

 oats, 32; dried apples and dried peaches, 28; charcoal, 20; bluegrass, 

 orchard grass, and red top seed, 14; plastering hair, unwashed, 8; 

 plastering hair, washed, 4; coal, 80, but if sold by the ton the weight 

 shall be 2000 pounds; lime, 80, but if sold by the barrel the weight 

 shall be 200 pounds; and- a cord of wood shall mean 128 cubic feet. 



Whoever, in buying, shall take any greater number of pounds or 

 cubic feet to the bushel, ton, or cord, as the case may be, than is 

 herein allowed, or in selling shall give any less number, unless the 

 contract so provides, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sealing Required. 



Every person engaged in any business requiring the use of 

 weights or measures shall cause those used by him to be tested and 

 sealed by the county sealer. Every person who shall buy, sell, or 

 dispose of any goods or commodities by an unsealed weight, measure, 

 or scale which has been sealed, but is incorrect, shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor; but no contract of sale shall thereby be rendered void. 



Testing upon Request. 



Upon written request of any person aggrieved, and payment of 

 one dollar, and mileage at the rate of 20c. per mile going and 

 returning, the county sealer, or his deputy shall test any weights, 

 measures, or scales used in this county, whether already sealed or 

 not. If such dealer or deputy shall give to the person complained of 

 prior notice of such testing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Neglect to Procure Standards. 



Whenever a county treasurer is requested in writing to procure 

 any standard of weight or measure required by law to be kept by 

 him, he shall procure the same within 20 days thereafter, or forfeit 

 to the county $100.00 at the suit of any interested person. 



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