cajón

In Spanish, one meaning of cajón is “large box or case”.

1

In Venezuela , 20^th century, a unit of capacity used for grains and vegetables, equal to the volume enclosing a mass of 18 to 40 kilograms (approximately 40 - 88 pounds av).

United Nations, 1966.

2

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

In the town of Vallegrande in the department of Santa Cruz, a unit of mass used for fruit, = 23 kilograms.

In the town of Omasuyos in the department of La Paz, a unit of mass for potatoes and similar produce, = 138 kilograms. Also called an aym.

Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

Pages 15 and 38. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

3

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, in the town of Salinas de G. Mendoza, in the department of Oruro, a unit of land area, = 500 square meters.

Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.

Page 36.

4

In Argentina, a unit of mass used for the gross weight of ores, about 50 to 60 quintales.

Juan Alvarez.
Temas de Historia Economica Argentina.
Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1929.

Page 173. Quoting from Balbín.