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30. Miscellaneous Legal Weights per Bushel. 



Beets, Mangels, and Ruta Bagas : 60 pounds in Maine, 

 Vermont, Connecticut ; 56 in Wisconsin ; 50 in Missouri. Car- 

 rots : 50 pounds in Maine, Vermont, Massaclmsetts, Wisconsin, 

 Missouri, Montana ; 55 in Connecticut. Parsnips : 45 pounds 

 in Connecticut; 44 in Wisconsin, Missouri; 50 in Montana; 

 55 in Indiana. Bottom Onion Sets, 36 pounds in Kentucky. 

 Rice Corn, 56 pounds in Kansas. Berries, 32 pounds in 

 Rhode Island. Cherries, Grapes, Currants, Gooseberries, 

 40 pounds in Iowa. Blackberries, Straavberries, Rasp- 

 berries, 32 pounds in Iowa. Peaches, Quinces, 48 pounds 

 in Iowa. Dried Peaches : 33 pounds in Massachusetts ; 

 39 in Kentucky. Dried Plums, 28 pounds in Michigan. 

 Cranberries, 40 pounds in Michigan. " Wild Peaches," 33 

 pounds in Ohio. In the Dakota s, a bushel of wheat is 60 

 pounds ; corn, 56 pounds ; buckwheat, 42 pounds ; onions, 52 

 pounds ; potatoes, 60 pounds ; turnips, 60 pounds ; sweet pota- 

 toes, 46 pounds. In Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Washington, 

 and Montana, a bushel of Root Crops is 50 pounds. 



31. Miscellaneous Legal Sizes. 



The heap bushel contains 2564 cubic inches in Connecticut 

 and Kansas; 2150.42 inches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Nebraska, Tennessee, Missouri, Washington. 



The bushel measure must be 19 ^y inches in outside diameter, 

 the half -bushel 151^ inches, the peck 12 ^ inches, in New York 

 and California. 



The bushel measure must be 18 ^ inches in inside diameter, 

 the half-bushel 13| inches, the peck 10| inches, and the half- 

 peck 9 inches, in New Hampshire and Minnesota. 



Produce sold by dry measure must be heaped as full as the 

 measure will hold in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- 

 nesota, California, Oregon, and Washington. 



Heap measures must be cylindrical, with a plane bottom, in 

 New York and California. 



