... and isn't it easier to weigh the fruit - only one system of weights is needed and they are already defined in another section of the law.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Frysinger Sent: 26 May 2008 03:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40974] Re: one rotten apple... Paul, There is a parallel section that gives the size of barrels for all other fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities. All except cranberries are the same size as that for apples; separate dimensions are given for cranberry barrels. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_00000234----000-. html Jim Paul Trusten wrote: > Jim, I was scared to look, but does this mean that each type of fruit or > vegetable in the U.S. has its own > "standard" barrel? Wonder how they deal with this in the rest of the world. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: 25 May, 2008 16:17 > Subject: [USMA:40973] one rotten apple... > > >> ...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 >> >> -- >> James R. Frysinger >> 632 Stony Point Mountain Road >> Doyle, TN 38559-3030 >> >> (H) 931.657.3107 >> (C) 931.212.0267 >> >> >> > > > > > -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (H) 931.657.3107 (C) 931.212.0267
