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Weights and Measures (II)

Solids.

Butter, when soft, one pound is one quart.

Eggs, ten are one pound.

Flour, wheat, one pound is one quart.

Meal, Indian, one pound two ounces is one quart.

Sugar, best brown, one pound two ounces is one quart.

Sugar, loaf, broken, one pound is one quart.

Sugar, white, powdered, one pound one ounce is one quart.

Flour, four quarts are half a peck.

Flour, sixteen quarts are half a bushel.

Liquids.

Four tablespoonfuls are half a gill.

Eight spoonfuls are one gill.

Two gills, or sixteen spoonfuls, are half a pint Two pints are one quart.

Four quarts are one gallon.

Sixty drops are one teaspoonful.

Four tablespoonfuls are one wineglassful.

Twelve spoonfuls are one teacupful.

Sixteen spoonfuls, or half a pint, are one tumblerful.