§ 24-6-1-1

(a) The avoirdupois weight of beef or pork in each barrel shall be two hundred (200) pounds; and of flour in each barrel, one hundred and ninety-six (196) pounds; of sorghum molasses, eleven (11) pounds per gallon; of maple molasses, eleven (11) pounds per gallon; of hay, straw, ice, coal or coke, two thousand (2,000) pounds shall be given and taken for a ton. A bushel of the respective articles described in this section shall mean the amount of weight, avoirdupois, in this section specified, as follows:Of wheat, sixty (60) pounds;Of oats, thirty-two (32) pounds;Of buckwheat, fifty (50) pounds;Of popcorn, fifty-six (56) pounds;Of cornmeal, fifty (50) pounds;Of shelled corn, fifty-six (56) pounds;Of corn in the ear until December 1, seventy (70) pounds; corn in the ear after December 1, sixty-eight (68) pounds;Of rye, fifty-six (56) pounds;Of barley, forty-eight (48) pounds;Of malt rye, thirty-five (35) pounds;Of flax seed, fifty-six (56) pounds;Of kaffir corn, fifty-six (56) pounds;Of rough rice, forty-five (45) pounds;Of beans, sixty (60) pounds;Of cow peas, sixty (60) pounds;Of soy soja beans, sixty (60) pounds;Of clover seed, sixty (60) pounds;Of hemp seed, forty-four

pounds;Of rough rice, forty-five (45) pounds;Of beans, sixty (60) pounds;Of cow peas, sixty (60) pounds;Of soy soja beans, sixty (60) pounds;Of clover seed, sixty (60) pounds;Of hemp seed, forty-four (44) pounds;Of sorghum seed, fifty (50) pounds;Of blue grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds;Of orchard grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds;Of timothy seed, forty-five (45) pounds;Of millet, fifty (50) pounds;Of herds-grass seed, forty-five (45) pounds;Of rape seed, fifty (50) pounds;Of red top grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds;Of alfalfa seed, sixty (60) pounds;Of peaches, forty-eight (48) pounds;Of dried peaches, thirty-three (33) pounds;Of apples, forty-two (42) pounds;Of dried apples, twenty-five (25) pounds;Of quinces, forty-eight (48) pounds;Of pears, fifty (50) pounds;Of onions, fifty-seven (57) pounds;Of beets, sixty (60) pounds;Of carrots, fifty (50) pounds;Of parsnips, fifty-five (55) pounds;Of turnips, fifty-five (55) pounds;Of tomatoes, sixty (60) pounds;Of cucumbers, forty-eight (48) pounds;Of potatoes, sixty (60) pounds;Of sweet potatoes, fifty (50) pounds;Of cranberries, thirty-three (33) pounds;Of gooseberries, forty (40) pounds;Of hickory nuts, fifty (50) pounds;Of walnuts,

) pounds;Of potatoes, sixty (60) pounds;Of sweet potatoes, fifty (50) pounds;Of cranberries, thirty-three (33) pounds;Of gooseberries, forty (40) pounds;Of hickory nuts, fifty (50) pounds;Of walnuts, fifty (50) pounds;Of middlings, coarse, thirty (30) pounds;Of bran, twenty (20) pounds;Of coal, mineral, eighty (80) pounds;Of charcoal, twenty (20) pounds;Of coke, forty (40) pounds;Of coarse salt, fifty (50) pounds;Of fine salt, fifty-five (55) pounds.(b) A person who buys or sells any of the articles or commodities enumerated in this section at a measure or fraction of a measure differing in the weight from the standard prescribed in this section commits a Class B misdemeanor.Formerly: Acts 1905, c.169, s.697; Acts 1917, c.153, s.1. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.118, SEC.1; Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2417; P.L.136-2018, SEC.140.