Firkins, barrels, bushels and sacks - how do these old measures relate to imperial and metric weights.... take a look and see!

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Quantity Measure   Conversion   Butter/Cheese/Beer     -->Close -->Firkin -->Tub -->Dutch cask -->Barrel -->Essex whey -->Suffolk Whey Coal -->Stone -->Quarter -->Hundredweight -->Sack -->Large sack -->Ton Flour -->Stone -->Poll -->Bushel -->Bag -->Barrel -->Sack Hay & Straw -->Truss of straw -->Truss of old hay -->Truss of new hay       Pounds Kilograms