Dry measures are
units of
volume used to measure
bulk commodities which are not
fluids, which were typically shipped in and sold by standardized containers such as
barrels. They are typically used in
agriculture,
agronomy, and
commodity markets to measure
grain, dried
beans, dried and fresh fruit,
clams, and
crabs. They were formerly used for many other foods, such as
salt pork and
salted fish, and for industrial commodities such as coal, cement, and lime.