HANDBOOK OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 



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1 pund=1.1023 pounds avoirdupois Denmark. 



1 square meter=0.0002471 acre Metric system. 



1 stater=124.168 pounds avoirdupois Greece. 



1 stremma=0.2471 acre. Greece. 



1 ton (metric) =2204. 6 pounds avoirdupois Metric system. 



1 ton (long) =2,240 pounds avoirdupois. 



United States (foreign trade) and United Kingdom. 

 1 ton (short) =2,000 pounds avoirdupois. 



United States (internal trade) and Canada (foreign trade). 



1 tonde=3.9479 Winchester bushels Denmark. 



1 tonde land=1.3631 acres Denmark. 



1 tunna=4.6789 Winchester bushels. - Finland. 



EQUIVALENTS (FOR UNITED STATES PRODUCTS). 



Cotton : 



1 pound of lint=the product of about 3 pounds of seed (unginned) cotton. 

 Cottonseed oil (also linseed oil, lard oil and corn oil) : 



1 gallon =7. 5 pounds avoirdupois. 

 Flour and meal: 



1 barrel of wheat flour (196 pounds) =the product of 4£ bushels of wheat. 



1 barrel of rye flour (196 pounds) =the product of 6 bushels of rye. 



1 barrel of corn meal (196 pounds) =the product of 4 bushels of corn. 



1 barrel of buckwheat flour=the product of 7 bushels of buckwheat. 



18 pounds of oatmeal=the product of 1 bushel of oats. 

 Malt: 



1.1 bushels of malt=the product of 1 bushel of barley. 

 Rice : 



100 pounds of cleaned rice=the product of 162 pounds of rough rice or paddy. 

 (Knapp.) 

 Spirits op turpentine: 



1 gallon=7.2 pounds avoirdupois. 



AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF 1 BUSHEL. 



[See Crop Reporter, November, 1911, p. 86.] 



Pounds. 



Apples 48 



Barley 48 



Beans (dry) 60 



Buckwheat 48 



Corn (shelled) 56 



■Corn (on cob) 70 



Corn meal 48 



Flaxseed 56 



Pounds. 



Malt 34 



Oats ... 32 



Onion3 57 



Peaches 48 



Peanuts 22 



Potatoes 60 



Hemp seed 44 



Rice, rough (unhulled) 45 



Pounds. 



Rye 56 



Spelt 40 



Sweet potatoes 55 



Timothy seed 45 



Tomatoes 56 



Wheat 60 



For values of foreign monetary units, see the latest quarterly circular of the United 

 States Treasury Department, entitled "Values of Foreign Coins." (These circulars 

 are issued January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, each year.) 



For value in gold of $1 in currency, also value in currency of $1 in gold, each month, 

 1862 to 1878, see Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, October, 1895, p. 518. 



