396 On felling Cörn/by Weight.

as deceitful as if a draper were to weigh his cloth for ſale, inſtead of cutting it out by the yard; for the variation that ariſes in the quantity of corn ſod, as is now the-pracé, in wet and in dry Weather, is conſiderable; but this will alſo Mappen I know, in ome degree, when it is weighed out; the#nacz(asît is termed) of filling a peck or buſkel haſtily, and throng the grain in lightly, or filling ic ſlowly, by a nian with 2 bez0y band, will like- wiſe occaſion a difference în quantity: but nc purchaſer can at- tempt to complain of any unfairneſs, when he T==s that the fuil meaſure 1s given for whichhe pays. Theé-quaiicy of grain-is almoſt invariably known when in finple by its weight, and Go- Vernment' contracts are alwaÿs made vn térins to deliver it at per buſhel of a fixed number of pounds; if,chen this pradice is al= ready adopted for the public ſérvice, why may it not be extended in the buying and ſelliog between individual dealers?—Befßides, there is much contufion now in reconciling the average prices of England, becauſc, in ſome parts, the galion 1s the meaſure for-ſale z in others, the ſingle Wincheſter buſhei; and in others, the double Wincheſter buſhel, and the prices are inſerted in your Magazine, accoiding to theſe different quantities without remarking the flandard quantity; and hence, how is a. perſon who is unac=- guainted with this, to calculate with“preciſion, the general ſtate of the#markets* For inſtance, in this country the double and the ſigle Wincheſter buſhel is uſed—many do not know what it is, ánd if one chance to hear that wheat is ſold in a certain market, ât‘about double what it is in his owa, be ſees the enormity óf the price, but knows not why: it 1s much the ſame with articles thât are ſold by the pound—which is vf! 14,16, or 17-0unces, according to the cuſtom of the place: this too might be regu- Sed;

Perbaps every produce Coming, under the denomination of grain, ſuch as rye, peaſe, beans, oatmealy&c. might be in- «cluded in the intended regulation-;“#nd*“as“the groſs hundred of I12Ìb. is a fixed weight, as well as ths dunge avoirdupois, it do not * appear likely that much difficulty ean’ ariſe‘in determining the fandard by which the fale ſhall be made, or, that it can interfere with, the ingenious attempts to aſcertain a common fandard of weights,

Lapprehend that the Magiſtrates of Worceſter have very pro- perly invited the attention of other Corporations to this ſubject, “and I am induced to fend you this, in hopes that ſome of your in- telligent Correſpondents will give attention to the ſubject; for ſurely this is a time when every perſon ought to exert himtfelf to promote plans which have for their end the tendency to counteract 4 fraud, and to benefit the community.

I remain your conſtant reader,

gth fune, 1801,: EXONIENSIS.

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