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[publication of weights and measures] Weights and Measures At the recent session of the Illinois Legislature, a law was passed, regulating weights and measures in the State, where no special contract shall be made to the contrary. It provides as follows: The weight of shelled corn shall be fifty six pounds per bushel. The weight of corn i the ear shall be seventy pounds per bushel. The weight of rye shall be fifty six pounds per bushel. The weight of oats shall be thirty two pounds per bushel. The weight of barley shall be forty eight pounds per bushel. The weight of Irish potatoes shall be sixty pounds per bushel. The weight of sweet potatoes shall be fifty five pounds per bushel. The weight of white beans shall be sixty pounds per bushel. The weight of castor beans shall be forty six pounds per bushel. The weight of clover seed shall be sixty pounds per bushel. The weight of timothy seed shall be forty five pounds per bushel. The weight of flax seed shall be fifty six pounds per bushel. The weight of hempseed shall be forty four pounds per bushel. The weight of blue grass seed shall be fourteen pounds per bushel. The weight of buckwheat shall be forty two pounds per bushel. The weight of dried peaches shall be thirty two pounds per bushel. The weight of dried apples shall be twenty four pounds per bushel. The weight of onions shall be fifty seven pounds per bushel. The weight of salt shall be fifty pounds per bushel. The weight of stone coal shall be eighty pounds per bushel. The weight of malt shall be thirty eight pounds per bushel. The weight of bran shall be twenty pounds per bushel. The weight of turnips shall be fifty five pounds per bushel. The weight of plastering hair shall be eight pounds per bushel. The weight of unslacked lime shall be eighty pounds per bushel. The weight of corn meal shall be eight pounds per bushel. The weight of fine salt shall be fifty --ve (five?) pounds per bushel. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the above are repealed.

[Marginalia] Oh ever thus from childhood's hour