The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-10-22
OFFICE
aoufs Of The Deputy SeaIer
aave Been Changed
Some Points Of Law Relative
To Selling by Weights
And Measures
Mt. Vernon. Ohio, Oct. 81.

WI. NcihOus OuiO' OCS. 81.
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II becomes necessary TO change our
office hours in order to accommodate
the greatest number Of, dealers. BE.
ginning Friday, Oct. 25th, and until
further notice. each Monday, Friday
and Saturday from 1880 a. m. to II a.
m. will be offite hours This change
will give local dealers chance to have
their work done on another day except
their busy Saturday. Also the county
people chance to have their, work
done on three days In q week instead
OF one. as before. Hope you will ap.
preciate this change enough to cooper.
ate with the department and send in
all scales and measures that you can,
and thereby avoid the penalty for US
ing them without the seal. This change
increases your opportunities and re-
'sponsibility, and by You complying
with this request 1t will greatly facili.
tate the work of the department. 1t
being impossible for one man to see all
the places to be tested In Knox county
this year.
What is now of special interest is
selling oysters and cranberries, and
buying your winter supply Of potatoes,
apples and pears. Oysters must be
sold by the standard gallon or multi
pie thereof See that you have seal
ed measure. Cranberries must be sold
by weight Pears must be sold by
weight or count Potatoes and apples
are sold by weight or count, and can
also be offered and sold by the bushel,
however, you must measure or weigh
them with a dry measure or a scale
that has been tested and sealed. In
either method the standard weight
must be given, which is sixty pounds
for potatoes and fifty pounds for ap-
pies to the bushel. The buyer may
suggest a change in the mode of pur.
chase, and the seller Has the right to
accept It, but whenever THIS is done.
the seller has no protection unless
there is witness to the transaction.
Our advice to you is to stay as close to
the sale by weight law, y. It Is posi-.
BILE for you to do. and always, be on the
safe side. Whenever weight is men-
toned above II means avoirdupois
weight which is sixteen ounces to the
pound. The department knows of a
few people who are inclined to argue
some of the above points, but you do
as directed and you will come out
ahead in the end. for 1t may cost the
other fellow who thinks he knows 1t
all, something to find out, that he is
mistaken. sie9
We especially wish to warn you at
this time, of the many so called bushel
baskets that are used for measuring
this time of the year. We, test on an
average of nine to get one to stand the
test, they run short as much as six
hundred cubic inches. Measure. your
own basket as follows: Add together
the top and bottom diameters in inch
es, then divide the sum by two, which
gives you the mean diameter. square
this diameter by multiplying II by it.
self, multiply the result by the decimal
1854 and again multiply this decimal
by the height of your basket. II your
basket Is correct and you make no
mistake in your multiplication your
answer will be 2l5O.42 cubic inches
which Is standard bushel. Example:
1Sx12 x12.2 measurement of regula
ton size of a bushel basket, IL plus
~ equals 30 divided by equals 10
times Is equals 225 times 1854 equals
l76.71 times 1872 equals 2l55.S6 cubic
inches. This rule applies to your halt
bushel, peck. etc.:
A crate to hold one bushel level full
must contain 40 dry measure quarts
or 26SS cubic inches. Our tolerance
is IS and IL cubic inches In bushel
and half bushel respectively. Meas
ures that are 100 to 600 cubic inches
below standard are so seriously wrong
that persons using them to measure
with will receive no mercy by the de
partment rA
Another important thing for you &c
learn is the difference between dry ant
liquid measures. Start with stand
ard gallon of 231 cubic inches and the
standard half bushel Of l075.2l cubic
inches and figure them TO quarts.
Let the school boys and girls gel
busy on these problems, 1t is interest
ing as well as beneficial, and II yot
cannot realize the difference on papel
come to our Office any day as before
stated and we will be glad to give yo'
practical demonstration. The hal
bushel is nearly inches deep by Il
inches In diameter the peck, half peck
etc must conform in size, which