[Coco] Off-topic: gallons

[Vern Burke]

According to knowledgedoor.com, a dry gallon is a half peck.

Vern

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <bathory at maltedmedia.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Off-topic: gallons


> At 12:32 PM 4/14/05 -0700, Alex Evans wrote:
> >On Apr 14, 2005, at 12:01 AM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> >
> >> And what, pray tell, is measured in dry gallons?  (Dry paint, maybe?)
> >
> >Grain, fruit, vegetables, anything you may sell by volume that isn't a
> >liquid.
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> Not a country boy, eh? Grain is measured by weight. Fruits and vegetables
> are sold by weight in small quantities or in dry volume of bushels and
> pecks. Sometimes you'll see quarts and pints. Don't think you'll find a
dry
> measure gallon; that's 1/2 peck.
>
> Try asking for a gallon of sweet feed someday, or a gallon of snap peas,
> and live to tell. :)
>
> Dennis
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