Freight Package Weights
Item Package Pounds
Apples, Dried Bushel 24
Barley Bushel 48
Beans Bushel 60
Bran Bushel 20
Buckwheat Bushel 52
Coal Bushel 32
Corn Sack 105
Corn, ears Bushel 70
Corn, on shuck Bushel 72
Corn, shelled Bushel 56
Cornmeal Bushel 50
Cotton Bale 400
  One railroad reported being able to carry 20-25 bales in box cars and 35 on flats
Fish, salted Barrel 200
Flax seed Bushel 58
Flour Barrel 196
Flour Sack 90
Fodder One report says that 28 bales was a car load
Hemp seed Bushel 58
Lard Keg 100
Nails Keg 100
Onions Bushel 57
Peaches, Dried Bushel 38
Peas Bushel 60
Potatoes Barrel 130
Oats Bushel 32
Rye Bushel 56
Salt Bushel 50
Salt Sack 100
Tobacco Box 100
Tobacco Hogshead 1,500
Wheat Bushel 60

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