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Weights and Measures

The following is a chapter from "The History of Jefferson County, Iowa", Page 305, published by the Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1879.

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Whenever any of the following articles shall be contracted for, or sold or delivered, and no special contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, the weight per bushel shall be as follows, to-wit:


Apples, Peaches or Quinces,.............................. 48 | Sand............................................130
Cherries, Grapes, Currants or Gooseberries, 40 | Sorghum Seed.............................30
Strawberries, Raspberries or Blackberries, 32 | Broom Corn Seed........................30
Osage Orange Seed..............................................32 | Buckwheat....................................52
Millet Seed............................................................45 | Salt................................................50
Stone Coal..............................................................80 | Barley...........................................48
Lime.........................................................................80 | Corn Meal.....................................48
Corn in the ear......................................................70 | Castor Beans................................46
Wheat.....................................................................60 | Timothy Seed..............................45
Potatoes..................................................................60 | Hemp Seed...................................44
Beans.......................................................................60 | Dried Peaches..............................33
Clover Seed...........................................................60 | Oats...............................................33
Onions.....................................................................57 | Dried Apples...............................24
Shelled Corn..........................................................56 | Bran...............................................20
Rye..........................................................................56 | Blue Grass Seed...........................14
Flax Seed...............................................................56 | Hungarian Grass Seed................45
Sweet Potatoes......................................................46 |  

Penalty for giving less than the above standard is treble damages and costs and five dollars in addition thereto as a fine.

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