Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
AGRICULTURE CODE |
Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
Chapter 13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
Subchapter B. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
Sec. 13.025. STANDARD FOR SOLID CAPACITY
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(a) The standard unit of measure of capacity for a solid is the half bushel.
(b) The peck, half-peck, quarter-peck, quart, and pint measures for solid commodities are derived from the half bushel by successively dividing that measure by two.
(c) The bushel contains 2,150-42/100 cubic inches. The half bushel contains 1,075-20/100 cubic inches. The gallon contains 231 cubic inches.
(d) In measuring dry commodities, the measure may not be heaped but shall be stricken with a straight stick or roller.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.