§ 241.1 Capacities.

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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

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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

783⁄4

1⁄2 barrel

3,528

1.641

521⁄2

1⁄3 barrel

2,352

1.094

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.

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

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