almud

1

In Spain, a unit of dry capacity, about 4.63 liters.

2

In Chile, ? – 20^th century , a unit of dry capacity used for cereals, approximately 8.08 liters (approximately 7.34 U. S. dry quarts).

United Nations, 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 132.

3

In Ecuador, ? – 20^th century , a unit of mass, = 28 libras = 12.88 kilograms (approximately 28.4 pounds av.).

United Nations, 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 150.

4

In Mexico, ? – 20^th century , a unit of dry capacity, approximately 7.568 liters (approximately 6.87 U.S. dry quarts).

United Nations, 1966.

5

In Venezuela , ? – 20^th century, two units:

one of area, varying between 400 and 25,600 square meters (0.099 – 6.33 acres)
one of mass, used for cereals and root vegetables, varying between 9 and 50 kilograms (19.8 – 110 pounds av.).

United Nations, 1966.

6

In Belize , ? – 20^th century , a unit of capacity, = 5 imperial quarts (approximately 5.683 liters).

United Nations, 1966.

7

In Puerto Rico, a unit of capacity = 20 liters, defined by Mandatory Decree No. 58, Agricultural Phase of the Coffee Industry.

www.lexjuris.com/JSM/lexdm58.htm

8

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of mass:

Department	Town	Mass in kilograms	Commodity
Cochabamba	Tarata	7.36	grain
Potosi	Arampampa	4.14	grain
Potosi	Sacaca	3	grain
Santa Cruz	Buena Vista	14.72	grain
	Montero	14.72	rice
	Montero	16.10	maize
	Portachuelo	14.72	rice
	Santa Cruz	13.80	grain
	Warnes	14.72	rice
	Warnes	16.10	maize

[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Direcci�n General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas t�picas de la Rep�blica de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

Page 21, 29 and 38. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

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In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of land area:

Department	Town	Area in square meters
Chuquisaca	Azurduy	15
Cochabamba	Arque, Cliza, Cochabamba, Punata, Sacaba, Tarata	905.50
	Aiquile	804.90
	Capinota	804.00
	Quillacollo	804.95
Potosi	Arampampa, Potosi, Uyuni	905.50
Potosi	Cotagaita, Puna	1,000.00
Santa Cruz	Concepci�n	100
	Lagunillas	905.50
	Montero	1000
	Portachuelo	8400
	Santa Cruz	840
	San Jos�	7056
Tarija	San Lorenzo	967.68
Beni	Loreto	7,056
	Reyes, San Borja, San Ignacio	8,400
	Santa Ana	640
Pando	Las Piedras	10,000

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In the Territory of New Mexico of the United States, by an act of 12 January 1852, the almud was legalized as a unit of capacity = 1/6 of a half fanega, which was defined as 2476¼ cubic inches, making the almud 412.71 cubic inches.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Construction and Distribution of Weights and Measures.
Senate. 34th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 27.
Washington: A.O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857.

Page 83. The author of the report was A. D. Bache.