...can spoil a barrel.
So, how big is a barrel of apples? Well, you ask and Congress answers:
15 U.S.C. 231.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_00000231----000-.html
"The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions
when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave,
twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and
one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches;
circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement,
representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic
inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions
provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith."
And 7056 in3 is roughly 115.63 L. That's a bit over 3 bushels, for old
fogies.
Now you know.
Jim
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James R. Frysinger
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