15 U.S.C. § 234 : US Code - Section 234: Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity

Search 15 U.S.C. § 234 : US Code - Section 234: Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity

The standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry
commodities other than cranberries shall be of the following
dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of
stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of heads,
seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six
inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches, outside
measurement; and the thickness of staves not greater than four-
tenths of an inch: Provided, That any barrel of a different form
having a capacity of seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches
shall be a standard barrel. The standard barrel for cranberries
shall be of the following dimensions when measured without
distention of its parts: Length of staves, twenty-eight and one-
half inches; diameter of head, sixteen and one-fourth inches;
distance between heads, twenty-five and one-fourth inches;
circumference of bulge, fifty-eight and one-half inches, outside
measurement; and the thickness of staves not greater than four-
tenths of an inch.