| 1865 Census: Units of measure for foodstuffs |
| NearNorsewood | Could someone help me with units of measure for foodstuffs please?
I've been looking at the 1865 census (this page
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60419&gardpostnr=985&personpostnr=6203&spraak=e
in particular) and am trying to work out what the quantites of foods mean.
In the above example, they have 1/8 barley, 1 oats, and 4 potatoes. What are the units of measure for these? - sacks? - barrels?
Thanks |
| jwiborg | Hi,
the unit of measurement is barrels (tønne), equivalent of 4 bushels. Thus po 1/2 means 2 bushels of potatoes planted.
1 bushels is about 290 liter or if weight: 12,7 kg.
Jan Peter |
| NearNorsewood | Thanks, Jan Peter. This info is very helpful. |
| Jo Anne Sadler | This has been discussed in a prior posting which you might find interesting:
http://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1888&SearchTerms=,bushel |