The standards of the weights and measures of this state as given below shall be deposited with the secretary of state and also at the different state institutions of learning, and the secretary of state and the proctors of those institutions are authorized to confirm and seal all weights and measures brought to them, and to receive the fees therefor. And on all sales by weight of the agricultural products hereinafter named the number of pounds per bushel or the number of pounds per gallon as stated in the following schedule shall be the true and legal standard weight, viz.:Barley, per bushel .................... 60 poundsBluegrass seed, per bushel .................... 14 poundsBran, per bushel .................... 20 poundsBuckwheat, per bushel .................... 48 poundsCastor beans, per bushel .................... 46 poundsClover seed, per bushel .................... 60 poundsCorn, in the ear .................... 72 poundsCorn, shelled, per bushel .................... 56 poundsCorn meal, per bushel .................... 48 poundsCorn meal, bolted, per bushel .................... 44 poundsCorn meal, unbolted, per bushel .................... shel .................... 56 poundsCorn meal, per bushel .................... 48 poundsCorn meal, bolted, per bushel .................... 44 poundsCorn meal, unbolted, per bushel .................... 48 poundsCottonseed, per bushel .................... 32 poundsDried apples, per bushel .................... 26 poundsDried peaches, per bushel .................... 33 poundsFlaxseed, per bushel .................... 56 poundsFlour, in barrels, per barrel .................... 196 pounds netFlour, in half barrels .................... 98 pounds netFlour, in one-fourth barrel sacks .................... 48 pounds netFlour, in one-eighth barrel sacks .................... 24 pounds netGround peas, per bushel .................... 24 poundsHempseed, per bushel .................... 44 poundsHungarian grass seed, per bushel .................... 50 poundsIrish potatoes, per bushel .................... 60 poundsLime, unslacked, per bushel .................... 80 poundsLouisiana cane molasses, per gallon .................... 11 poundsMalt, per bushel .................... 38 poundsMeal, in barrels .................... 200 pounds netMillet seed, per bushel .................... cane molasses, per gallon .................... 11 poundsMalt, per bushel .................... 38 poundsMeal, in barrels .................... 200 pounds netMillet seed, per bushel .................... 50 poundsOats, per bushel .................... 32 poundsOnions, per bushel .................... 57 poundsPeas, per bushel .................... 60 poundsRye, per bushel .................... 56 poundsSalt, per bushel .................... 50 poundsSorghum, per gallon .................... 11 poundsSorghum seed, per bushel .................... 42 poundsStone coal, per bushel .................... 80 poundsSweet potatoes, per bushel .................... 54 poundsTimothy seed, per bushel .................... 45 poundsTurnips, per bushel .................... 55 poundsWheat, per bushel .................... 60 poundsWhite beans, per bushel .................... 60 poundsCodes, 1892, § 4477; 1906, § 5065; Hemingway's 1917, § 3346; 1930, § 7355; 1942, § 5132; Laws, 1914, ch. 134.
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