§ 81A-42 — Standard weights and measures

Whenever any commodity named in this section shall be quoted or sold by the bushel, the bushel shall be the number of pounds stated in this section and whenever quoted or sold in subdivisions of the bushel, the number of pounds shall be the fractional part of the number of pounds as set forth herein for the bushel, and when sold by the barrel shall consist of the number of pounds constituting 3.281 bushels.
Lbs. Lbs.
Commodity per bu. Commodity per bu.
Alfalfa 60 Hemp seed 44
Apples, dried 24 Hominy 62
Apple seed 40 Horseradish 50
Barley 48 Land plaster 100
Beans, castor 46 Lime, unslaked 80
Beans, dry lima 60 Lime, slaked 40
Beans, green in-pod lima 30 Meal, corn, whether
Beans, soy 60 bolted or unbolted 48
Beef, net (per bbl.) 200 Melon, canteloupe 50
Beets 50 Millet 50
Blackberries 48 Mustard 58
Blackberries, dried 28 Nuts, chestnuts 50
Bran 20 Nuts, hickory, without
Broomcorn 44 hulls 50
Buckwheat 50 Nuts, walnut, without
Cabbage 50 hulls 50
Canary seed 60 Oats, seed 32
Carrots 50 Onions, button sets 32
Cement 80 Onions, top buttons 28
Charcoal 22 Onions, matured 57
Cherries, with stems 56 Osage orange seed 33
Cherries, without stems 64 Parsnips 50
Clover seed, red and white 60 Peaches, matured 50
Clover, Burr 8 Peaches, dried 25
Clover, German 60 Peach seed 50
Clover, Japan, Lespedeza 25 Peanuts, Spanish 30
Coal, stone 80 Peanuts 22
Coke 40 Pears, matured 56
Corn, shelled 56 Pears, dried 26
Corn, Kaffir 50 Peas, dried field 60
Corn, pop 70 Peas, green in hull field 30
Cotton seed 30 Pieplant 50
Cotton seed, Sea Island 44 Plums 64
Cucumbers 48 Pork net (per bbl.) 200
Fish 100 Potatoes, Irish 56
Flax seed 56 Potatoes, sweet green 56
Grapes, with stems 48 Potatoes, sweet, dry weight 47
Grapes, without stems 60 Quinces, matured 48
Gooseberries 48 Raspberries 48
Grass seed, Bermuda 14 Rice, rough 44
Grass seed, blue 14 Rye seed 56
Grass seed, Hungarian 48 Sage 4
Grass seed, Johnson 25 Salads, mustard, spinach,
Grass seed, Italian rye 20 turnips, and kale 10
Grass seed, orchard 14 Salt 50
Grass seed, tall meadow Sorghum molasses (per
and fescue 24 gal.) 12
Grass seed, all meadow Sorghum seed 50
and fescue except tall 14 Strawberries 48
Grass seed, perennial rye 14 Sunflower seed 24
Grass seed, timothy 45 Teosinte 59
Grass [seed], redtop 14 Tomatoes 56
Grass seed, velvet 7 Turnips 50
Hair, plaster 8 Wheat 60
It shall be unlawful to purchase or sell, or barter or exchange, any article named in this section on any other basis than as stated herein; provided, however, that any such articles may be sold by weight.

Legislative History

(Code, ss. 3849, 3850; 1885, c. 26; 1905, c. 126; Rev., s. 3066; 1909, c. 555, s. 1; c. 835; 1915, c. 230, s. 1; 1917, c. 34; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 87; 1931, c. 76; 1933, c. 523, s. 3; 1937, c. 354; 1949, c. 984; 1975, c. 544.)