CANADIAN WEIGHTS 541 



measure is specially agreed upon, and the weight equivalent to a bushel 

 shall, except as hereinafter provided, be as follows : — 



lb. 



Barley 48 



Buckwheat 48 



Flaxseed 56 



Indian corn 56 



Oats 34 



Pease 60 



Rye 56 



Wheat 60 



Section 337 reads as follows : — 



In contracts for the sale and delivery of any of the undermentioned 



articles, the bushel shall be determined by weighing, unless a bushel 



by measure is specially agreed upon and the weight equivalent to a 



bushel shall be as follows : — 



lb. 



Beans 60 



Beets 60 



Blue-grass seed 14 



Carrots 60 



Castor-beans 40 



Clover seed 60 



Hemp seed 44 



Malt 36 



Onions 50 



Parsnips 60 



Potatoes 60 



Timothy seed 48 



Turnips 60 



In the province of Quebec, when potatoes are sold or offered for 

 sale by the bag, the bag shall contain at least eighty pounds. 



Government Townships 



The word " town " has a variety of meanings. It is commonly 

 loosely used to designate merely a settlement or a community. In 

 New England, however, it is the primary administrative division 

 It is there very irregular in shape and size, following the lines of 

 contour and of early settlement. In New England, outside of 

 Rhode Island, a township unit was essentially an ecclesiastical unit. 

 In Rhode Island, the township government was separated from 

 church control. In the South, the county came to be the primary 



