Texas Agriculture Code § 13.025 Standard For Solid Capacity

Sec. 13.025. STANDARD FOR SOLID CAPACITY. (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.

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