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bushel
DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
n. — Agriculture
an imperial unit of measure (now of 36.37 litres) used for dry commodities (e.g. for wheat).
Type: 2. Preservation — Imperial and American bushels are not equivalent; while Canada took over the (British) imperial measure, the US developed different types of bushel measurements. The US bushel is only 35.24 litres. This distinction is of relevance given the frequency of trade between Canada and the US.
See also Gage-1, s.v. "bushel1" (1), ITP Nelson, s.v. "bushel1 (1), COD-2, which labels the term "in Canada and other Commonwealth countries".
See also Gage-1, s.v. "bushel1" (1), ITP Nelson, s.v. "bushel1 (1), COD-2, which labels the term "in Canada and other Commonwealth countries".
Quotations
1764
On said Seigneurie there is a Domaine, on which may be sown yearly 50 Bushels of Corn, with a good Dwelling-house, two Barns, a Stable and a good Wind-mill built with Stone.
1798
The great North West fur company buys up annually 5000 bushels of Indian corn.
1824
In some of the distant parts of the Districts of Montreal new wheat has been sold at 3s. the Minot, or Canada bushel.
1858
The wheat crop on the south side of the St. Lawrence, in Montreal district, has proved a total failure this year. The average crop is eight bushels to the acre. Oats are light, and potatoes have generally rotted.
1884
And at a husking bee we were a power. Five hundred bushels of corn was nothing for us to undress.
1905
He has been over in Alberta and reports good business on the prairie. Farmers are now selling their wheat at 58 cents per bushel and oats at 25 cents.
1926
It is estimated that the total yield of wheat in the Province of Alberta this year will exceed 115,000,000 bushels. This being the case, the question then is: what will be the net returns to the farmers from this immense crop. The establishment of the co-operative wheat pool and the introduction of new methods by the private elevator companies have been great factors in aiding the western farmers to economically market their wheat crop.
1955
Yet the grain that train carries moves for exactly the same number of cents per bushel, a rate fixed by the rigid agreement shortly after the first trans-continental opened for business.
1977
That increase would be to the current minimum price of $3.25 a bushel now paid by millers to farmers if world prices fall below that level.
2008
Canada made its first cash wheat sale to China, and was to ship 350,000 bushels of No. 3 wheat from the west coast.
References
- Gage-1
- ITP Nelson
- COD-2