Texas Agriculture Code
§ 13.025 — STANDARD FOR SOLID CAPACITY
AG § 13.025Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · Ch. 13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES · Art. B. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.