47-26-101 - Table of weights and measures.
47-26-101. Table of weights and measures.
The following shall be the legal and uniform standard of weights and measures in this state for the sale and purchase of the following named products of the farm, orchard, and garden, and articles of merchandise:
(1) Apples, green, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(2) Apples, green, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(3) Apples, dried, shall be 24 lbs. per bush.;
(4) Apple seed shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(5) Barley shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(6) Beans, dried, shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(7) Beans, green, in pods, shall be 30 lbs. per bush.;
(8) Beans, green, in pods, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(9) Beans, castor, shall be 46 lbs. per bush.;
(10) Beef, net, shall be 200 lbs. per bbl.;
(11) Beets shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(12) Blackberries shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(13) Blackberries, dried, shall be 28 lbs. per bush.;
(14) Blue grass seed shall be 14 lbs. per bush.;
(15) Bran shall be 20 lbs. per bush.;
(16) Broom corn seed shall be 42 lbs. per bush.;
(17) Buckwheat shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(18) Cabbage shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(19) Canary seed shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(20) Carrots shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(21) Cement shall be 80 lbs. per bush.;
(22) Charcoal shall be 22 lbs. per bush.;
(23) Cherries, with stems, shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(24) Cherries, without stems, shall be 64 lbs. per bush.;
(25) Chestnuts shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(26) Clover seed, red and white, shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(27) Coal, stone, shall be 80 lbs. per bush.;
(28) Coke shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(29) Corn, shelled, shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(30) Corn, in ear, shucked, shall be 70 lbs. per bush.;
(31) Corn, in ear, with shucks, shall be 74 lbs. per bush.;
(32) Corn, green, with shucks, shall be 100 lbs. per bush.;
(33) Corn, green with shucks, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(34) Corn, matured, with shucks, shall be 5 bush. per bbl.;
(35) Corn, pop, shall be 70 lbs. per bush.;
(36) Corn meal, whether bolted or unbolted, shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(37) Cotton seed shall be 28 lbs. per bush.;
(38) Cucumbers shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(39) Delinted cotton seed shall be 331/3 lbs. per bush.;
(40) Fish shall be 200 lbs. per bbl.;
(41) Flax seed shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(42) Flour shall be 196 lbs. per bbl.;
(43) Gooseberries shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(44) Grapes, with stems, shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(45) Grapes, without stems, shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(46) Hair, plastering, shall be 8 lbs. per bush.;
(47) Hemp seed shall be 44 lbs. per bush.;
(48) Hickory nuts shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(49) Hominy shall be 62 lbs. per bush.;
(50) Horseradish shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(51) Hungarian seed shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(52) Kobe Lespedeza, common and 76 Lespedeza seed shall be 25 lbs. per bush.;
(53) Korean Lespedeza seed shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(54) Land plaster shall be 100 lbs. per bush.;
(55) Lime, unslaked, shall be 80 lbs. per bush.;
(56) Lime, slaked, shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(57) Liquids shall be 42 gals. per bbl.;
(58) Melon, cantaloupe, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(59) Melon, cantaloupe, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(60) Millet, German, seed, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(61) Millet, Missouri, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(62) Millet, Tennessee, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(63) Oats seed shall be 32 lbs. per bush.;
(64) Onions, button sets, shall be 32 lbs. per bush.;
(65) Onions, matured, shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(66) Onions, top buttons, shall be 28 lbs. per bush.;
(67) Orchard grass seed shall be 14 lbs. per bush.;
(68) Osage orange seed shall be 33 lbs. per bush.;
(69) Parsnips shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(70) Peaches, matured, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(71) Peaches, dried, shall be 26 lbs. per bush.;
(72) Pears, matured, shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(73) Pears, dry, shall be 26 lbs. per bush.;
(74) Peanuts shall be 23 lbs. per bush.;
(75) Peas, dry, shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(76) Peas, green, in hull, shall be 30 lbs. per bush.;
(77) Peas, green, in hull, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(78) Pieplant shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(79) Plums shall be 64 lbs. per bush.;
(80) Pork, net, shall be 200 lbs. per bbl.;
(81) Potatoes, Irish, shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(82) Potatoes, Irish, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(83) Potatoes, sweet, shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(84) Potatoes, sweet, shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(85) Quinces, matured, shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(86) Raspberries shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(87) Redtop seed shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(88) Rye seed shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(89) Rye grass (Italian) seed shall be 40 lbs. per bush.;
(90) Sage shall be 4 lbs. per bush.;
(91) Salads, turnips, kale, shall be 30 lbs. per bush.;
(92) Salads, mustard, spinach, shall be 30 lbs. per bush.;
(93) Salt shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(94) Sericca Lespedeza seed shall be 60 lbs. per bush.;
(95) Sorghum molasses shall be 12 lbs. per gal.;
(96) Sorghum seed shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(97) Strawberries shall be 48 lbs. per bush.;
(98) Timothy seed shall be 45 lbs. per bush.;
(99) Tomatoes shall be 56 lbs. per bush.;
(100) Turnips shall be 2½ bush. per bbl.;
(101) Turnips shall be 50 lbs. per bush.;
(102) Velvet grass seed shall be 7 lbs. per bush.;
(103) Walnuts shall be 50 lbs. per bush.; and
(104) Wheat shall be 60 lbs. per bush.
[Acts 1887, ch. 240, § 1; 1905, ch. 482, § 1; Shan., § 3475; Code 1932, § 6649; Acts 1943, ch. 29, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 6649; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 71-104.]