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3 examples of fanega in sentences
Of grain, wheat pays an export duty of three-fourths of a dollar per fanega, or about a quintal.
Fez flour pays one dollar and a half per fanega; dates pay five dollars the quintal; fowls and eggs, the former two dollars per dozen, the latter two dollars per thousand; oranges and lemons pay a dollar the thousand.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 21: The twelfth part of a "fanega," equal to about two gallons, dry measure.]