shrimp basket and barrel

In Louisiana (USA), 20ᵗʰ century, legal measures for shrimp. A shrimp basket¹ was a quantity of 70 pounds avoirdupois and a shrimp barrel² 210 pounds.

1. Statutes, 1920, Vol. 2, page 1409.

2. Acts, 1924; Act No. 140, page 232.

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