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Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
Subtitle B: Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade
CHAPTER II: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUBCHAPTER D: STANDARDS FOR BARRELS
PART 241: BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES
241.1 - Capacities.
(a) The capacities of the standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities, other than cranberries, and its subdivisions, are as follows:
| Size | Cubic inches | Bushels 1 | Quarts 1 |
| Barrel | 7,056 | 3.281 | 105 |
3/4 barrel | 5,292 | 2.46 | 783/4 |
1/2 barrel | 3,528 | 1.641 | 521/2 |
1/3 barrel | 2,352 | 1.094 | 35 |
(b) The capacities of the standard cranberry barrel and its subdivisions are as follows:
| Size | Cubic inches | Bushels 1 | Quarts 1 |
| Cranberry barrel | 5,826 | 2.709 | 8645/64 |
3/4 cranberry barrel | 4,369.5 | 2.032 | 651/64 |
1/2 cranberry barrel | 2,913 | 1.355 | 4311/32 |
1/3 cranberry barrel | 1,942 | .903 | 2829/32 |
(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)
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