A peck is a unit of volume. The mass of a peck of something would therefore depend on the density of the substance
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A peck is a unit of volume so the number of pecks in 100 pounds depends on the item in question 1 peck = 5 pounds of spinich = 20 pecks per 100 pounds 1 peck = 10.5 pounds of apples = 9.52 pecks per 100 pounds 1 peck = 7 pounds of pole beans = 14.28 pecks per 100 pounds 1 peck = 17.5 pounds of corn = 5.71 pecks per 100 pounds Dick
I believe it's 15 pounds of potatoes.
There are 9.3 quarts in a peck.
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I just found out that a whole peck is 10-12 pounds or 32 medium apples ... so I'm guessing a half a peck would be 5-6 pounds or 16 medium apples.
About 275 pounds
There are about 6.5 pounds of corn in a single gallon. This means that a 55 gallon drum could hold 360 pounds of corn.
If the corn meets minimum standards, one bushel weighs 56 pounds.
Assuming that the corn meets the normal acceptable test weight of 56 pounds per bushel, there are 1,785.7 bushels in 100,000 pounds of corn (maize).
The typical weight of feed corn (#2 yellow dent corn) is 56 pounds per bushel. By volume, there is about 8 gallons in a bushel. Thus there is 7 pounds in a gallon of corn.
William Sherman estimated that he and his army confiscated about 9.5 million pounds of corn.
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