Section 13.025 - Standard for Solid Capacity(a) The standard unit of measure of capacity for a solid is the half bushel.(b) The peck, half-peck, quarter-peck, quart, and pint measures for solid commodities are derived from the half bushel by successively dividing that measure by two.(c) The bushel contains 2,150-42/100 cubic inches. The half bushel contains 1,075-20/100 cubic inches. The gallon contains 231 cubic inches.(d) In measuring dry commodities, the measure may not be heaped but shall be stricken with a straight stick or roller.Tex. Agric. Code § 13.025
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.