75-27-101 - Schedule of weights and measures of particular commodities. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-27-101. Schedule of weights and measures of particular commodities.
 

    The standards of the weights and measures of this state as given below shall be deposited with the secretary of state and also at the different state institutions of learning, and the secretary of state and the proctors of those institutions are authorized to confirm and seal all weights and measures brought to them, and to receive the fees therefor. And on all sales by weight of the agricultural products hereinafter named the number of pounds per bushel or the number of pounds per gallon as stated in the following schedule shall be the true and legal standard weight, viz.:
 


    Barley, per bushel .............................................60 pounds

    Bluegrass seed, per bushel .....................................14 pounds

    Bran, per bushel ...............................................20 pounds

    Buckwheat, per bushel ..........................................48 pounds

    Castor beans, per bushel .......................................46 pounds

    Clover seed, per bushel ........................................60 pounds

    Corn, in the ear ...............................................72 pounds

    Corn, shelled, per bushel ......................................56 pounds

    Corn meal, per bushel ..........................................48 pounds

    Corn meal, bolted, per bushel ..................................44 pounds

    Corn meal, unbolted, per bushel ................................48 pounds

    Cottonseed, per bushel .........................................32 pounds

    Dried apples, per bushel .......................................26 pounds

    Dried peaches, per bushel ......................................33 pounds

    Flaxseed, per bushel ...........................................56 pounds

    Flour, in barrels, per barrel .............................196 pounds net

    Flour, in half barrels .....................................98 pounds net

    Flour, in one-fourth barrel sacks ..........................48 pounds net

    Flour, in one-eighth barrel sacks ..........................24 pounds net

    Ground peas, per bushel ........................................24 pounds

    Hempseed, per bushel ...........................................44 pounds

    Hungarian grass seed, per bushel ...............................50 pounds

    Irish potatoes, per bushel .....................................60 pounds

    Lime, unslacked, per bushel ....................................80 pounds

    Louisiana cane molasses, per gallon ............................11 pounds

    Malt, per bushel ...............................................38 pounds

    Meal, in barrels ..........................................200 pounds net

    Millet seed, per bushel ........................................50 pounds

    Oats, per bushel ...............................................32 pounds

    Onions, per bushel .............................................57 pounds

    Peas, per bushel ...............................................60 pounds

    Rye, per bushel ................................................56 pounds

    Salt, per bushel ...............................................50 pounds

    Sorghum, per gallon ............................................11 pounds

    Sorghum seed, per bushel .......................................42 pounds

    Stone coal, per bushel .........................................80 pounds

    Sweet potatoes, per bushel .....................................54 pounds

    Timothy seed, per bushel .......................................45 pounds

    Turnips, per bushel ............................................55 pounds

    Wheat, per bushel ..............................................60 pounds

    White beans, per bushel ........................................60 pounds
 

Sources: Codes, 1892, § 4477; 1906, § 5065; Hemingway's 1917, § 3346; 1930, § 7355; 1942, § 5132; Laws, 1914, ch. 134.