§ 241.1 Capacities.

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Title 15 CFR: Commerce and Foreign Trade › Chapter II: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › Part 241: BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES › § 241.1: § 241.1 Capacities.

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(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

78

3

⁄

4

1

⁄

2

barrel

3,528

1.641

52

1

⁄

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

86

45

⁄

64

3

⁄

4

cranberry barrel

4,369.5

2.032

65

1

⁄

64

1

⁄

2

cranberry barrel

2,913

1.355

43

11

⁄

32

1

⁄

3

cranberry barrel

1,942

.903

28

29

⁄

32

1

Struck measure.

(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)

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