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Miscellaneous Legal Sizes, continued. 



eighteen inches in diameter at the bilge, inside measure. 

 "Every manufacturer of barrels for cranberries shall stamp or 

 brand his name with the letters W. S. on such barrels to in- 

 dicate that they are the Wisconsin Standard in size. All 

 sales of cranberries in packages less than a barrel should be 

 by the bushel or quart, struck or level dry measure. A stand- 

 ard bushel crate for cranberries shall be twenty-two inches 

 long, twelve and one-fourth inches wide by seven and one-half 

 inches deep, inside measure." 



In Michigan the quantity known as a box or a basket of 

 peaches shall contain 7i6f cubic ins. or \ of a bushel, strict 

 measure. 



In New York a barrel of apples, quinces, pears or potatoes 

 shall contain 100 quarts of grain or dry measure, except that 

 potatoes, when sold by weight, shall be 172 Ibs. to the barrel. 



In New York the measure for fruit shall be the half-bushel, 

 which shall be made cylindrical, the diameter outside to out- 

 side 15^ ins. The standard half-bushel has i,o75 T 2 o 1 o cubic ins. 



MICHIGAN STANDARD MEASURE. The half bushel or parts 

 thereof shall be the standard measure for fruits customarily 

 sold by heaped measure ; and in measuring said commodities 

 the half bushel or other small measure shall be heaped as 

 high as may be, without special effort or design. 



MICHIGAN STANDARD BARREL. A barrel of fruit, roots, or 

 vegetables is the quantity contained in a barrel made from 

 staves 27 ins. in length, and each head 16^ ins. in diameter, 

 or ordinary flour barrel size. 



The standard weight of apples is 48 Ibs. to the bushel. 



In Tennessee a barrel of apples contains 2J^ bushels. A 

 liquid barrel contains 42 gals. 



In Wisconsin a barrel of apples shall contain 100 quarts 

 dry measure. 



The avoirdupois pound bears to the troy pound the relation 

 of 7,000 to 5,760 in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. 

 Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and California. 



