Width of Battens, 7 inches; Deals, 9 inches; Planks are 2 to 4 inches thick, and 10 or 11 inches wide. A Cord of Wood is 2 1⁄2 tons, or 128 cubic feet.
Corn
Wheat and other cereals are commonly sold by weight, the bushel being thus reckoned:
- Wheat,
- English, 60 lb.
- Foreign, 62 lb.
- Barley,
- English, 50 lb.
- French, 52 1⁄2 lb.
- Mediterranean, 50 lb. {158}
- Oats,
- English, 39 lb.
- Foreign, 38 and 40 lb.
- Rye and Maize, 60 lb.
- Buckwheat, 52 lb.
Hay and Straw
- Truss
- of Straw, 36 lb.
- of Old Hay, 56 lb.
- of New Hay (to September 1), 60 lb.
- Load, 36 Trusses —
- Straw, 11 cwt. 2 qr. 8 lb.;
- Old Hay, 18 cwt.;
- New Hay, 19 cwt. 1 qr. 4 lb.
Yard Measures
Cotton and Spun Silk Count. — Thread = 1 1⁄2 yards; Lea, or Skein, skn. = 120 yards; Hank, hk = 7 Skeins, or Leas = 840 yards; Spindle, spdl. = 18 Hanks; counts = the number of Hanks in 1 lb.; Bundle Hanks, either of 5 lb. or 10 lb.; Reels of Cotton vary from 30 to 1760 yards; they must be marked correctly. Bundles of Cotton are chiefly made up for export.
Worsted Count. — Wrap, 80 yards; Hank = 560 yards = 7 Wraps. Counts or Numbers are the number of hanks in a lb.
Linen Count. — The Hank or Lea is 300 yards, and the number of these in 1 lb. is the count of the yarn. A Spindle is 48 hanks; a Bundle is 200 hanks.