Rule 40-15-2-.02. Legal Weights Declared

Rule 40-15-2-.02. Legal Weights Declared

(1) The legal weight of the following articles or commodities per bushel, box, crate, lug, bag, or barrel shall be the legal weight or volume as indicated in the following table, or as determined by a federal licensed inspector whenever applicable: (a) TABLE I WEIGHTS PER BUSHEL, BOX, CRATE, LUG, BAG, OR BARREL ITEM WEIGHT Alfalfa Seed 60 lb per Bushel Apples 140 lb per Barrel Apples, Eastern 54 lb per Box Apples, N.W. 44 lb per Box Apples, Dried 24 lb per Bushel Apples 48 lb per Bushel Apricots 24 lb per Lug Artichokes, Globe 40 lb per Box Artichokes, Jerusalem 50 lb per Bushel Asparagus 24 lb per Bushel Asparagus 30 lb per Crate Avocados 12 lb to 15 lb per Lug Barley 47 lb per Bushel Beans, Lima (Unshelled) 30 lb per Bushel Beans, Pole 28 lb per Bushel Beans, Snap 30 lb per Bushel Beans, Velvet 60 lb per Bushel Beans, White 60 lb per Bushel Beets, (without tops) 52 lb per Bushel Beets, (Mangel Stock) 30 lb per Bushel Beets, (Nailed Crate) (Bunched) 40 lb per Crate Bermuda Grass Seed 40 lb per Bushel Bermuda Grass Seed (Hulled) 60 lb per Bushel Blackberries, 24-Quart Crate 36 lb per Crate Blue Grass Seed 14 lb per Bushel Broom Corn, (6 Bales per Ton) 333 lb per Bale Broom Corn Seed, Clean 48 lb per Bushel Broom Corn Seed, Rough 44 lb to 50 lb per Bushel Buckwheat 52 lb per Bushel Cabbage (Open Mesh Bags) 50 lb per Bag Cabbage (Wirebound Crate) 50 lb per Crate Cabbage (Western) 80 lb per Crate Cantaloupes 60 lb per Crate Carrots 50 lb per Bushel Carrots (Bunched Western) 75 lb per Crate Celery 60 lb per Crate Clover Seed 60 lb per Bushel Castor Beans 46 lb per Bushel Cauliflower (11/2 Bu Crate) 37 lb per Crate Cherries, Unstemmed 56 lb per Bushel Cherries, Stemmed 64 lb per Bushel Cherries, Western 15 lb per Lug (Box) Clover Seed 60 lb per Bushel Coal Stone 80 lb per Bushel Corn, Shelled 56 lb per Bushel Corn in Ear 70 lb per Bushel Corn Oil 7.7 lb per Gallon Corn Syrup 11.72 lb. per Gallon Corn Meal, Bolted or Unbolted 48 lb per Bushel Cotton 500 lb Gross Bale Cotton 480 lb Net Bale Cotton Seed 30 lb per Bushel Cotton Seed Oil 7.7 lb per Gallon Cowpeas 60 lb per Bushel Cranberries 100 lb per Bushel Cranberries (Box) 25 lb per Box Crotalaria 40 lb per Box Cucumbers 48 lb per Bushel Dallis Grass 10 lb per Bushel Dewberries (24 qts) 36 lb per Crate Dried Apples 24 lb per Bushel Dried Peaches (Unpeeled) 33 lb per Bushel Dried Peaches (Peeled) 38 lb per Bushel Eggplant 33 lb per Bushel Escarole 25 lb per Bushel English Peas (In Hull) 30 lb per Bushel Fescue, Ky. 31 24 lb per Bushel Figs (Box Single Layer) 6 lb per Box Flaxseed 56 lb per Bushel Granite, Lexington 166 lb per Cubic Foot Granite, Lithonia 167 lb per Cubic Foot Granite, Stone Mountain 167 lb per Cubic Foot Grapefruit, Florida & Texas 1/2 Box or Mesh Bag 40 lb per Bag Grapefruit, California 65 lb per Box Grapes 48 lb per Bushel Grapes, Western 28 lb per Lug Grapes, Eastern (12 qt.) 18 lb per Basket Grapes, Eastern (4 qt.) 6 lb per Basket Hemp Seed 44 lb per Bushel Hickory Nuts 50 lb per Bushel Honey 11.78 lb per Gallon Hop 200 lb per Bale Horseradish Roots 35 lb per Bushel Kafir 56 lb per Bushel Kale 18 lb per Bushel Kapok Seed, Rough 35 lb to 40 lb per Bushel Lemons, California 79 lb per Box Lentils 60 lb per Bushel Lettuce, Western 70 lb per Crate Limes, Florida 80 lb per Crate Lespedeza, Korean 40 lb per Bushel Lespedeza, Sericea (Hulled) 60 lb per Bushel Lespedeza, Kobe 25 lb per Bushel Linseed Oil 71/2 lb per Gallon Malt 34 lb per Bushel Maple Syrup 11.03 lb per Gallon Meadow Fescue Seed 24 lb per Bushel Marble Averages 170 lb per Cubic Foot Milk Weight: Weight of various types and blends of milk shall be established per standard volume designation, based on 231 cubic inches per gallon or standard fraction thereof at 40° Fahrenheit (4° Celsius). Millet 48 lb to 50 lb per Bushel Molasses 11.72 lb per Gallon Muscadines, Scuppernons 50 lb per Bushel Mustard Greens 18 lb per Bushel Mustard Seed, Clean 60 lb per Bushel Mustard Seed, Rough 58 lb per Bushel Oats (Common) 31/2 bu in 100 lb 32 lb per Bushel Oats, Hulless 45 lb per Bushel Okra 30 lb per Bushel Onions 57 lb per Bushel Onions, Dry 50 lb per Bag Onions, Green (Crate) 50 lb per Toss Oranges 80 lb per Crate Oranges 40 lb per bag *Oysters, in Shell U.S. Standard Bushel (2150.4 cubic inches) Peaches-Approx. 50 lb per Bushel Peaches, Dried, Peeled 38 lb per Bushel Peaches, Dried, Unpeeled 33 lb per Bushel Peanuts, Runners, SE 28 lb per Bushel Peanuts, Unshelled, Virginia Type 22 lb per Bushel Peanuts, Spanish 30 lb per Bushel Pears, Western 46 lb per Box Pears, Western 22 lb per Crate Peas, Field 25 lb per Bushel Peas, Field, Seed 60 lb per Bushel Peas, Ground 25 lb per Bushel Peppers, Ground 25 lb per Bushel Peppers 50 lb per Crate Perilla Seed 28 lb per Bushel Pineapples 70 lb per Crate Plastering Hair 8 lb per Bushel Plums 70 lb per Crate Plums, N.W. Suitcase 16 lb per Box Popcorn, on Ear 70 lb per Bushel Popcorn, Shelled 56 lb per Bushel Poppy Seed 46 lb per Bushel Irish Potatoes 60 lb per Bushel Sweet Potatoes (Green) 55 lb per Bushel Sweet Potatoes (Dry) 50 lb per Bushel Prunes, Fresh 56 lb per Bushel Prunes, Western 20 lb per Box Prunes, N.W. Suitcase 16 lb per Box Quince 48 lb per Bushel Rape Seed 60 lb to 50 lb per Bushel Raspberries, 24 qt 36 lb per Crate Red Top Seed 50 lb to 60 lb per Bushel Rice, Rough 43 lb per Bushel Rice, Rough 162 lb per Barrel Rice, Rough 100 lb per Bag Rice, Seed 45 lb per Bushel Rice, Milled 100 lb per Pocket or Bag Rosin 580 lb per Barrel Rutabagas 56 lb per Bushel Rye 56 lb per Bushel Rye Grass 24 lb per Bushel Sesame Seed 46 lb per Bushel Sorgo Seed 50 lb per Bushel Sorghum Syrup Seed 50 lb per Bushel Sorghum Syrup 11.4 lb per Gallon Soybeans 60 lb per Bushel Spelt 40 lb per Bushel Spinach 20 lb per Bushel Strawberries, 24 qt Crate 36 lb per Bushel Sudan Grass Seed 40 lb per Bushel Sunflower Seed 24 lb to 32 lb per Bushel Squash 40 lb per Bushel Timothy Seed 45 lb per Bushel Turnips (without tops) 54 lb per Bushel Turnips (bunched) 60 lb to 80 lb per Crate Turnips 55 lb per Bushel Turnip Greens (Dry) 16 lb per Bushel Turnip Greens (Wet) 18 lb per Bushel Tan Bark 2250 lb per Cord Tomatoes 53 lb per Bushel Tomatoes (Ga.) 60 lb per Crate Tomatoes (Lug) 32 lb per Lug Turpentine 7.23 lb per Gallon Unslaked Lime 80 lb per Bushel Vetch 60 lb per Bushel Walnuts 50 lb per Bushel Water (60 Degrees F.) 8.33 lb per Gallon Wheat 60 lb per Bushel Wheat, Winter (Ga.) 60 lb per Bushel Wheat, Egyptian, Shallau (Ga.) 50 lb per Bushel Wheat Bran 20 lb per Bushel *The establishment of this standard shall not preclude the sale of this commodity by the pound or by the hundredweight in the shell, nor purport to regulate method of sale subsequent to in-plant processing.

1. (2) Any grains may be sold, exchanged, bartered or traded in hundred weight unit when such unit facilitates sale or transfer.
2. (3) Other commodities, whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture determines in the case of existing practices that the declaration of the quantity by weight, or unit of measure, numerical count, or combination thereof does not facilitate value comparisons by the consumer or offers an opportunity for consumer confusion, he may issue, advertise and establish such table or tables of values to become official and legal weights and measures of commodities as is deemed necessary. These tables of values shall then become a part of these regulations.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Sec. 10-2-5(Ga. L. 1972, p. 654).

History. Original Rule entitled "Certified Scale Mechanics" was filed and effective on June 30, 1965.

Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule entitled "Legal Weights Declared" adopted. Filed November 30, 1973; effective December 20, 1973.

Amended: Filed June 21, 1976; effective July 11, 1976.

Amended: Filed March 1, 1984; effective March 21, 1984.