Bushel or a peck whats the difference?

Question

Bushel or a peck whats the difference?

Answer 1

Can't be precise but a bushel has always meant a lot.

Answer 2

A bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. It is used for volumes of dry commodities, not liquids, most often in agriculture.

A peck is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.

Answer 3

When I was in school everybody knew the difference between a bushel and a peck.  There are 8 pecks in a bushel.

Answer 4

a bushel =8 imperial gallons

a peck =9 litres

Answer 5

The bushel was a measure of capacity used for corn, fruit, etc.

The imperial bushel, legally established in Great Britain in 1826, contained 2218.192 cubic inches, or 80 pounds of distilled water weighed in air at 62° Fahrenheit.

The Winchester bushel, much used from the time of Henry VIII, was somewhat smaller, containing 2150.42 cubic inches, or 77.627413 pounds of distilled water; it is still generally used in the USA and Canada.

The bushel had a great variety of other values, now abolished by law, though often in local use, varying not only from place to place, but in the same place according to the kind or quality of the commodity in question. Frequently it was no longer a measure of capacity, but a weight of so many [eg 30, 40, 45, 50, 56, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, 93, 220] pounds of flour, wheat, oats, potatoes, etc.

A peck is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.

In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of Imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act 1824. The peck was equal to about 9 litres (in the case of certain crops, such as wheat, peas, beans and meal) and about 13 litres (in the case of barley, oats and malt). A firlot was equal to 4 pecks and the peck was equal to 4 lippies or forpets.

Answer 6

A bushel is a measure of 8 gallons, a peck is a dry measure of a quarter of a peck!

I don't think either is used nowadays.

Answer 7

1 bushel = 4 pecks

Answer 8

A bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. It is used for volumes of dry commodities, not liquids, most often in agriculture. It is abbreviated as bsh. or bu.

1 U.S. bushel = 35.23907017 litres = 8 corn/dry gallons = 9.309177489 wine/liquid gallons

1 Imperial bushel = 36.36872 litres = 8 Imperial gallons

A peck is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.

"A Bushel and a Peck" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls which opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950. It was performed on stage by Vivian Blaine who later reprised her role as Miss Adelaide in the 1955 film version of the play, though the number was not performed in the film.

A recording by Perry Como and Betty Hutton (made on September 12, 1950 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 47-3930) first reached the Billboard magazine charts on October 27, 1950 and lasted 18 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6.

Another contemporary recording that had some popularity was by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (made on September 13, 1950 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1234). The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on October 20, 1950 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13.

Doris Day's recording (made on September 13, 1950 and released by Columbia Records as 78rpm catalog number 39008 and 45rpm catalog number 6-838) made the chart on January 5, 1951 at #30 for one week.  Many other recording artists also did versions of the song.

On Cash Box magazine's Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions of the song are combined, the song reached #5 on December 2, 1950.

The song gained so much popularity before the musical actually began that it was moved from its original spot opening the second act into the first act.

Answer 9

The Winchester Bushel is defined as the volume of a cylindrical container 18½ inches in diameter and 8 inches deep, now defined as 2150.42 cubic inches exactly.

4 Pecks in a Bushel

Answer 10

A bushel is used for volumes of dry commodities, not liquids, most often in agriculture.  A bushel equals 35.24 liters.  A peck is a also used for dry commodities, the size of a peck is a quarter of a bushel, so about 8.81 liters or equivalent to 8 dry quarts.  Apples are often sold in peck or half-peck bags or baskets in the United States, but otherwise the peck is rarely used.  Follow the link to see a picture a bushel.

Answer 11

a peck is how you count pickled peppers and a bushel is how you count baskets of fresh picked corn ears.

Answer 12

A bushel is a large amount, similar to a long time picking in the fields, versus a peck, as in a chicken eating food from the ground in a single stroke of my bird.