Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — A HOME-MADE KITCHEN SCALE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A HOME-MADE KITCHEN SCALE.

Jn*t as Useful as One Which Costa Much Money. It Is no Idle boast that a pair of kitchen scales can be made with a ball of twine and two p eces of boards. This unique little kitchen implement recommends itself especially for its cheapness. A suitable

place from which the scales may be suspended will be . found beside a shelf. Two stout nails are driven into the side of the board, and a strong piece of twine, two yards long, is selected, and a knot tied in the center of it, the ends being provided with loops, hanging to the nails. The platforms for the scale may he made from heavy pasteboard or thin pieces of wood, and these are fastened with their hangings to the cross-bar, at a distance of one-quarter yard each from the center knot, which makes the cross-bar one-half yard long. A piece of white cardboard is nailed opposite the knot and the latter’s position indicated on the paper by a horizontal arrow marked with ink or pencil. The scale is now ready for use. Suppose a chicken or a duck is to be weighed. It is placed on one side, whereby the knot is moved from its central position. Weights are then placed opposite until the knot resumes its central position. The sum total of the weights is the weight of the article in question.

KITCHEN SCALE.