IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
210.6 - DRY MEASURE.
210.6 DRY MEASURE.
The unit or standard measure of capacity for substances not
liquids from which all other measures of such substances shall be
derived and ascertained shall be the standard half-bushel secured in
accordance with the provisions of section 210.1. The peck,
half-peck, quarter-peck, quart, pint, and half-pint measures for
measuring commodities which are not liquids, shall be derived from
the half-bushel by successively dividing the cubic inch capacity of
that measure by two. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 2046, 2047; C97, § 3014; S13, § 3009-f; C24, 27, 31, 35,
39, § 3232; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
210.6]