A bushel
> * A bushel is an archaic British measure. It is a box 10 inches by 10
> inches by 22 inches.
>
> I do not have any American alternatives.
I think it equates to 10 U.S. gallons:
1 British bushel = 8 British gallons
1 British gallon = 8 British pints
a British pint is 20 oz, not 16 as in the U.S.
therefore a bushel is 8 x 8 x 20 = 1280 oz
1 U.S. gallon = 8 x 16 oz pints = 128 oz
therefore 1 British bushel (1280/128) = 10 U.S. gallons
Nick Turland
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
USDA zone 6a (yeah, right, more like 4)
