Sec. 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 (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, 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.