The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
WHAT IS THE STANDARD NV,
IN NORTH CAROLTwIIA Oh

Al regard to,t91
the United States. That a ors.
should arise on the measure = fs'Saq
is not surprising.
The United States Governn
adopted a standard for wo;I
the avOirdupois pound based '
Troy grain of which $3.50 10y
quired to make a Troy pound
ounces, while 1000 of the samo.
weigh a pound of Is ounces aro.
pois. In dry measure the n.y.
States bushel of $780, ~ cubio w.
is the recognized standard bn|
coarse articles must be hesno1
nearly all have a weight stand..'
avoirdupois to be used insto.,
measuring. The standard l..
measure unit is the gallon a.
cubic inches except for beer =,
milk in many States.
These weights and measures :
kept at the county seats in w.
Carolina, and are in the band, ~
public ofcer-the Keeper Of ST.,
ard Weights and Measures. orSto,,
ard Keeper. In nearly every g..
the standard of weight, or voInr'
for a unit of staple products i, !
fined and these differ one from >,
other to quite an extent. The a.
fusion should be as nearly ended
possible by a general law reguIss,
the weight or volume of as ma,
articles as can be found varvn
within limits narrow enough to nj
NIT one standard unit to prevail
all the States.
Most of the United States weigh
and measures have been adoua
from England, except the dessin
money and metric system which i
legal system here, and the only cad
and logical one. It ought to be
common use among US now.
In England there were seven
kinds of gallons, among them thea
or beer gallon Of 282 cubic incba
By some means, which may BAN
been it's association as a beverage
drink, milk came to be r~etaiIed
this gallon, or quart, which is us
fourth of a gallon, o. 7O.5 CuHI
inches. This is an old custom Whd
generally prevailed, we believe /
the Northern States. The Different
is that II. rs cubic inches more Mill
was given than would be requifa
for a quart of standard Ii luid mea
ure. This is % per cent. ~calculaH
on the smaller measure.
A recent inquiry made to the Al
General of this State fFu
Charlotte brings out the fact thH
North Carolina adopted the Unial
States standards (chap. IS, sec. $751;
page $50 Of Code) and the LIQUID
gallon is therefore the legal moasuH
of liquids in North Carolina, andtA
statute is silent as to any largo
measure. Therefore we must COB
slider 231 cubic inches a gallon d
milk and 81 rs cubic inches one quar-
This concludes with the fluid Ouno
measure of the apothecary. W
find the quart measures being sol
from stores in the city Of Raleg
correspond to this volume WltA
reasonable limits of error in MANI
facture.
II milk is sold by weight the ave.
age comes to very nearly 8.65 pound
per gallon. There is a variation %
pending on the richness Of the mI
in butter fat. The richest milk
fat weighs less for a given voIun
than does poor, half skinned y
skinned milk. If any considers"
amounts Of milk changes hands "
weight, it should be stipulated ta
it contain a certain per cent. OF Ou
ter fat and the price varied accol'
ing as this valuable constituent rS'
above or falls off from the stana~
set. Average milk contains aO0'
three and a half per cent.-aV6l''
Of 1913 analyses 3.69 per cent.
The dailies Of April 21st and "D
report great damage to proper"
crops, and some loss of life by a S'oi-
and semi blizzard which eXtenu'
from Canada to Georgia, and ray
Frid.,y, Saturday, and Sunday, D0ID
most severe in the Ohio ESD"'
notably in Pennsylvania. Colo To- !
storms prevailed throughout NO's
Carolina and adjoining States ~.
storms are reported from Tenn0o''