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VERMILLION'S GUIDE OF BUFFALO COUNTY
OFFICIAL WEIGHTS PER BARREL AND BUSHEL
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929
Section 89-112

   89-112.   WEIGHTS PER BARREL AND PER BUSHEL: Whenever any of the articles or commodities mentioned in this section shall be sold by the bushel or fractional part thereof, and no special agreement shall be made in writing, the measure thereof shall be ascertained by avoirdupois weight, and shall be computed as follows:

Apples 48 lbs.
Apples, dried 24 lbs.
Alfalfa seed 60 lbs.
Barley 48 lbs.
Beans, green unshelled 56 lbs.
Beans, dried 56 lbs.
Beans, Lima 56 lbs.
Beets 56 lbs.
Blue Grass Seed 18 lbs.
Bran 20 lbs.
Bromus Inermis 14 lbs.
Broom Corn Seed 50 lbs.
Buckwheat 50 lbs.
Carrots 50 lbs.
Castor Beans, shelled 50 lbs.
Charcoal 20 lbs.
Cherries 40 lbs.
Clover Seed 60 lbs.
Coal 80 lbs.
Coke 40 lbs.
Corn in ear, husked (field) 70 lbs.
Corn in ear, unhusked (field) 75 lbs.
Corn shelled (field) 56 lbs.
Cornmeal 48 lbs.
Cucumbers 48 lbs.
Emmer 48 lbs.
All root crops not
   specified above		 50 lbs.
Grapes, with stems 40 lbs.
Hemp Seed 44 lbs.
Hickory Nuts, hulled 50 lbs.
Kaffir Corn 56 lbs.
Lime 80 lbs.
Millet Seed 50 lbs.
Oats 32 lbs.
Onions 57 lbs.
  
Onion top sets 28 lbs.
Onion bottom sets 32 lbs.
Orchard grass seed 14 lbs.
Osage Orange seed 32 lbs.
Parsnips 50 lbs.
Peaches 48 lbs.
Peaches, dried 33 lbs.
Peanuts 22 lbs.
Pears 45 lbs.
Peas, green, unshelled 50 lbs.
Peas, dried 60 lbs.
Plums 48 lbs.
Popcorn on the ear 70 lbs.
Popcorn, shelled 56 lbs.
Potatoes 60 lbs.
Quinces 48 lbs.
Rape Seed 50 lbs.
Red Top Seed 14 lbs.
Rutabaga 60 lbs.
Rye 56 lbs.
Rye Grass Seed 22 lbs.
Salt 80 lbs.
Sand 130 lbs.
Shorts 20 lbs.
Sorghum Saccharatum seed 50 lbs.
Spelt (emmer) 48 lbs.
Sweet Corn 50 lbs.
Sweet Potatoes 50 lbs.
Timothy Seed 45 lbs.
Tomatoes 56 lbs.
Turnips 55 lbs.
Walnuts, hulled 50 lbs.
Wheat 60 lbs.
All root crops not
   specified above		 50 lbs.

The net weight per barrel or per hundred or divisible merchantable quantities shall be as follows and no packages other than these sizes shall be permitted for sale in the State of Nebraska:    Wheat flour per barrel, 196 pounds; per half barrel, 98 pounds; per quarter barrel sack, 48 pounds; per one-eighth barrel sack, 24 pounds; and in smaller containers of 10 pounds, 5 pounds; rye flour, rye graham, wheat graham, whole wheat flour and cornmeal in packages of the following weights: One hundred pounds, fifty pounds, twenty-five pounds, ten pounds, and five pounds. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the sale in other sized packages, of flour prepared for special purposes.
   Approved March 22, 1929.


RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OR WEIGHT OF EACH DISTRICT
IN LAND, CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
Per Cent of total land, crops or livestock in each district.
Note: South District includes Kearney County.
Note: Columns are incorrectly numbered in the original book.
 12 356 789  
LANDS,
CROPS
LIVESTOCK		 N. W.
Dist.		 North
Dist.		 N. E.
Dist.		 Cent.
Dist.		 East
Dist.		 S.W.
Dist.		 South
Dist.
 S. E.
Dist.		 Total
Land in Farms 19 24 10 9 11 12 6 9 100
Land, Cultivated* 10 6 17 12 20 11 9 15 100
Land, all crops** 10 12 16 12 18 10 8 14 100
Pasture 26 34 5 8 6 13 4 4 100
Grain Crops.
Corn 4 7 20 14 20 11 10 14 100
Winter Wheat 16 0 1 7 22 15 16 23 100
Spring Wheat 84 4 3 2 1 5 1 0 100
Oats 5 7 33 9 25 2 3 16 100
Barley 43 1 10 8 7 25 5 1 100
Rye 10 45 15 8 4 14 2 2 100
Spelt 37 40 4 4 1 13 0 1 100
Kafir 1 2 1 2 0 38 40 16 100
Hay Crops.
Wild Hay 10 50 10 10 6 7 3 4 100
Tame Hay 11 9 17 18 18 6 6 15 100
Alfalfa 12 7 17 22 17 5 6 14 100
Red Clover 1 2 13 1 49 0 0 34 100
Sweet Clover 13 8 13 16 26 6 3 15 100
Timothy 2 4 43 0 29 0 0 22 100
Timothy & Clover 3 39 21 1 18 1 0 17 100
Millet 8 14 4 16 1 31 18 8 100
Sudan 5 7 11 19 13 13 18 14 100
Other Tame 11 16 27 4 13 17 4 8 100
Misc. Crops.
Sorghum Forage 4 3 2 12 2 41 25 11 100
All Sweet Clover 5 5 25 14 25 3 5 18 100
Potatoes 47 8 10 9 11 4 5 6 100
Sugar Beets 90 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 100
Flax 96 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 100
Beans 63 7 0 6 0 23 1 0 100
Buckwheat 5 62 4 6 0 13 2 8 100
Popcorn 2 15 2 78 1 1 1 0 100
Seed Crops.
Alfalfa 22 26 4 20 4 11 6 7 100
Red Clover 2 0 15 1 45 0 1 36 100
Sweet Clover 7 11 22 16 21 1 7 15 100
Fruit Crops.
Apples 1 7 18 13 28 2 5 26 100
Pears 0 1 4 5 26 2 5 57 100
Peaches 0 1 2 3 18 5 10 61 100
Livestock.
Horses 10 11 17 12 19 9 8 14 100
Mules 5 7 14 9 22 9 11 23 100
Milk Cows 6 7 19 13 25 5 8 17 100
Other Cattle 13 21 17 11 14 10 5 9 100
All Cattle 12 20 17 11 15 9 6 10 100
Swine 5 6 28 13 20 7 7 14 100
Sheep 29 5 10 19 23 2 3 9 100
Poultry 6 5 18 10 24 6 9 22 100
*All crops included, except wild hay. **All crops including wild hay. Crop weights based on 1928 acreage; livestock weights on January 1, 1929 estimates. Apple weights based on 1925 Census bearing trees; peaches and pears on total trees.

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