Avoirdupois Weight

16 drams...................................1 ounce.

16 ounces ..................................1 pound.

28 pounds..................................1 quarter of hundred.

4 quarters, or 112 pounds............1 hundred.

20 hundred................................1 ton.

Liquid Measure

4 gills......................................1 pint.

2 pints ....................................1 quart.

4 quarts...................................1 gallon.

63 gallons..................................1 hogshead.

2 hogsheads..............................1 pipe or butt.

2 pipes.....................................1 tun.

Dry Measure, For Grain, Fruit And Potatoes

2 pints.....................................1 quart.

8 quarts...................................1 peck.

4 pecks....................................1 bushel.

8 bushels..................................1 quarter.

The following approximation of weights may be useful to housekeepers not having scales :

Wheat flour, one qt. is one lb. Indian corn, one qt. is one lb. one oz. Butter, when soft, one qt. is one lb. one oz. Loaf sugar, broken, one qt. is one lb. White sugar, powdered, one qt. is one lb. one oz. Best brown sugar, one qt. is one lb. two oz. Eggs, (average size,) ten eggs are one lb. Sixteen large tablespoonfuls make a half-pint, and eight make a gill.