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15 CFR 241.1: Capacities.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade
- CHAPTER II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- SUBCHAPTER D—STANDARDS FOR BARRELS
- PART 241—BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES
(a) The capacities of the standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities, other than cranberries, and its subdivisions, are as follows:
Size Cubic inches Bushels 1 Quarts 1
Barrel 7,056 3.281 105
3⁄4 barrel 5,292 2.46 783⁄4
1⁄2 barrel 3,528 1.641 521⁄2
1⁄3 barrel 2,352 1.094 35
1 Struck measure.
(b) The capacities of the standard cranberry barrel and its subdivisions are as follows:
Size Cubic inches Bushels 1 Quarts 1
Cranberry barrel 5,826 2.709 8645⁄64
3⁄4 cranberry barrel 4,369.5 2.032 651⁄64
1⁄2 cranberry barrel 2,913 1.355 4311⁄32
1⁄3 cranberry barrel 1,942 .903 2829⁄32
1 Struck measure.
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