CFR > 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 (parts 200 to 297) > SUBCHAPTER D—STANDARDS FOR BARRELS (parts 240 to 241) > PART 241—BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES > 241.1—Capacities.

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
1 Struck measure.
(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
1 Struck measure.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234 )