This section is from the book "Camp Cookery", by Horace Kephart. Also available from Amazon: Camp Cookery.
45 drops water=l teaspoonful=l fluidram. 2 teaspoonfuls==l dessertspoonful. 4 teaspoonfuls=l tablespoonfuL 2 tablespoonfuls=l fluidounce. 4 tablespoonfuls=l wineglassful. 8 tablespoonfuls=l gill. 2 gills=l cup.
4 gills=l pint (1 ft), water). 2 pints=l quart (1ft. flour). 4 quarts=l gallon. 2 gallons (dry)=l peck. 4 pecks (dry)=l bushel.
Baking powder..................1 lb.=1 1/4 pints.
Beans, dried....................1 qt.=1 3/4 lbs.
Coffee, roasted whole............1 qt.=10 oz.
Corn meal.......................1 qt.=1 1/4 I&s.
Flour...........................1 qt.=1 lb.
Macaroni........................1 lb=8 7/8x2 3/8x2 3/8 in.
Oatmeal.........................lqt.=8/5 lb.
Peas, split......................lqt.=1 3/4 lbs.
Rice............................lqt.==2 lbs.
Salt, dry........................lqt.=1 7/8 lbs.
Soda crackers are about 3 times as bulky as bread, weight for weight.
Sugar, granulated.......1 qt.=1 3/4 lbs.
Tea......................1 qt.=1/2 lb.
Bacon, breakfast........1 flitch=5-8 lbs., average.
Salt pork...............1 side=30-40 lbs., average.
Salt pork...............1 belly=20 lbs., average.
Butter, closely packed.. 1 Ib.=1 pint.
Butter, creamery........1 Ib.=4 5/8x2 1/2x2 1/2 in.
Eggs, desiccated.........1 lb .=6x3x3 in.=4 doz. fresh.
Eggs, fresh.............10 medium or 8 large=l lb.
Lard....................3 lb. pail=5x5 in.
Lard....................5 lb. pail=6x6 in.
Milk, evaporated.........7 oz. can=2V*x2y8 in.
Milk, evaporated.........12 oz. can=3%xS in.
Milk, evaporated.........1 lb. can=4%x3 in.
Apples, evaporated......1 lb. (14 oz.)=7y8x4y,x2 in.
Apples, evaporated......1 peck=6 lbs.
Corn, canned............1 can=2 Ibs.=4 5/8x3 3/8 in.
Fruit, canned, small can, same as corn. Fruit, canned, large can, same as tomatoes.
Tomatoes, canned........1 can=2 1/2 lbs.=4y8x4 1/8 in.
Lemons..................1 doz.=2 Ibs.=2 qts.
Raisins, stemmed........1 Ib.=1 1/8 pints.
Carrots..................1 qt.=1 1/4 lb.
Onions..................1 qt.=1 lb.
Potatoes.................1 peck=15 lbs.
Sweet Potatoes..........1 peck=14 lbs.
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