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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

Lister: laltim
Source: The Old Farmer's Almanac

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