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Firkin, Hogsheads & Butts: Old-Time Measures Explained
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Tags: measures, almanac, Farmer's Almanac, bushel, barrel, pound
A bushel and peck, it beats me all to heck.
Beats me all to heck and I'll never tend the farm.
Never tend the farm when I wanna keep my arm.
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck.
You bet your pretty neck, I do.
| | 60 pounds apples = 1 bushel |
| | 52 pounds beans = 1 bushel |
| | 24 pounds beets = 1 bushel |
| | 56 pounds carrots = 1 bushel |
| | 55 pounds flour = 1 bushel |
| | 54 pounds onions = 1 bushel |
| | 45 pounds parsnips = 1 bushel |
| | 50 pounds potatoes = 1 bushel |
| | 60 pounds string beans = 1 bushel |
| | 60 pounds sweet potatoes = 1 bushel |
| | 48 pounds tomatoes = 1 bushel |
| | 196 pounds turnips = 1 barrel |
| | 1 gill = 1/2 cup |
| | 1 pottle = 2 quarts |
| | 1 coomb = 4 bushels |
| | 1 wey = 40 bushels |
| | 1 last = 80 bushels |
| | 1 firkin = 9 gallons |
| | 1 anker = 10 gallons |
| | 1 runlet = 18 gallons |
| | 1 tierce = 42 gallons |
| | 1 hogshead = 63 gallons |
| | 1 puncheon = 84 gallons |
| | 1 butt = 126 gallons |
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Source:
The Old Farmer's Almanac
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