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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

BUREAU OF STANDARDS

S. W. STRATTON. Director

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS—NO. 39

HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The object of this card is to present in convenient form the weights and measures tables most useful for household 1 purposes.

In addition to the capacity measures illustrated, every kitchen should be provided with a good household weights and measures

test set. This will be found indispensable in checking the amounts of commodities purchased and very useful for a variety of other

purposes. A complete set comprises a weighing scale of from 10 to 30 pounds capacity or more graduated to 1 ounce or less, a set of liquid

measures, a yard measure or a tape 3 or 6 feet in length, and, perhaps, a set of dry measures. These pieces should be of simple but rugged

construction and of satisfactory accuracy and should, whenever possible, be tested by and bear the seal of a weights and measures official.

Common Kitchen Measures.

EQUIVALENTS OF CAPACITY.

(All measures level hill.)

3 teaspoons

. fluid ounce

16 tablespoons

2 gills

' - liquid pint 8 fluid ounces

1 liquid pint

16 fluid ounces

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1 tablespoon.

1 cup.

| 2 cups.

Liquid Measure.

fluid ounces — 1 gill. — 1 pint.4

4 gills 2 pints

4 quarts 314 gallons

2 barrels

= 1 quart.

be 1 gallon (231 cubic inches i. = 1 barrel. = 1 hogshead.

Dry Measure.

(For fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities. 1

2 pints => 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck.

4 pecks = 1 bushel (2150.42 cubic inchest.

105 quarts = 1 barrel (7056 cubic inches!. The pint and quart dry measures are about 16 per cent larger than the pint and quart liquid measures.

Avoirdupois Weight.

27ii grains = 1 dram.

16 drams = I ounce.

16 ounces = 1 pound.

4 quarters = 1 hundredweight.

20 hundredweight = 1 ton.

25 pounds = 1 short quarter. 28 pounds = 1 long quarter.

(Short hundredweight = 100 pounds. (Long hundredweight =112 pounds.

(Short ton = 2,000 pounds.

\Long ton = 2,240 pounds.

Approximate Weights of Some Common Dry Commodities.

Pounds

per bushel. Apples 48 Beans 60 Beets 60

Carrots. 50 Cranberries. 32 Cucumbers . 48 Onions 57 Parsnips 50

Pounds

per bushel. Peaches 48 Peanuts 22 Pears 58 Peas (dried) 60 Peas (green, unshelled).-. 56

Potatoes (white) 60

Potatoes (sweet) 54 Tomatoes 56 Turnips 55

Ice:

1 cubic foot = 57.2 pounds.

30 cubic inches == 1 pound.

Sugar, granulated:

1 cup = J pound.

Butter: 1 cup = J pound.

Lard: 1 cup = J pound.

Flour: 1 cup = } pound.

Rice: 1 cup = ' pound. Cornmeal: 1 cup = 5 ounces.

Raisins (stemmed):

1 cup = 6 ounces.

Currants (cleaned):

1 cup <= 6 ounces. Bread crumbs (stale)

:

1 cup => 2 ounces. Chopped meat

(packed): 1 cup = ) pound. These weights are approximate only and should therefore not be used in determining whether correct measure is given or received.

1 Circular of the Bureau of Standards No. 55. entitled "Measurements lor uie Household." contains in popular form a large amount of information which is very

useful nlmiit the home. In addition to discussing weighing* and measuring as done in the up-to-date kitchen, this circular treats of the measurement ami economical use

of heat, light, gas, electricity, water, time. etc. Copies may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents. Government Printing Office. Washington. D. C at 1$ cents each. HANG THIS CARD IN YOUR KITCHEN

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