Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — Weights and Measures. [ARTICLE]

Weights and Measures.

All families are not supplied with scales and weights, and therefore the measures given below will be found convenient: About six drops of any thin liquid will till a common sized teaspoon. Four tablespoonfuls, or half a gill, will till a common sized wine-glass. Four wine-glasses will fill a half pint measure, a common tumbler, or a large coffee-cup. Ten eggs usually weigh one pound before they are broken. Eight large ones will weigh a pound A tablespoonful of salt will weigh about one ounce. One pint of water or milk will weigh one pound. One pint of molasses wifi weigh one and one-quarter pounds. Ibreetaolespooufulsof bakingpow- i dor should weigh t ne ounce. One qiurt of flour weighs one pound. One quart of Indian-meal weighs one and a quarter pounds.