Miss. Code § 75-27-101

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 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

Miss. Code § 75-27-101

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