Many years after the definitive introduction of the metric system (1861), instruments with antique local system of weights and measures could still be found in use in the countryside. The table below lists the measures that a farmer would use to divide the grain with his landowner, determine compensation for the blacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, tailor and other travelling artisans such as hemp-combers called gargiolai. The dimensions of the farm were often expressed in terms of corbe of seeded grain in addition to surface area.
turnadùra | 5 tornature = 1 hectare |
pa | 1 piede = 1 foot = 38 cm |
pas | 1 step = 5 feet |
pérdga | 1 pertica = 10 feet |
córba | 1 dry corba = 78,64 dry liters |
stèr | staio = 1/2 corba |
quartiról | quartirolo=1/16 corba |
córba | 1 liquid corba = 78,59 liters |
mèza | mezza castellata = 5 corbe |
castlè | 1 castellata = 19 corbe |
stadira | Stadera |
lira | libbra = pound |
onza | onza = ounce |