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.)
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