Article 4.

Uniform Weights and Measures.

§§ 81A-37 through 81A-40.  Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 607, s. 2.

 

§ 81A-41.  Repealed by Session Laws 1999-44, s. 1.

 

§ 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. (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.)

 

§ 81A-43.  Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 607, s. 2.

 

§ 81A-44:  Repealed by Session Laws 1999-44, s.  2.

 

§§ 81A-45 through 81A-49.  Reserved for future codification purposes.