As all families are not provided with scales and weights,
referring to the ingredients generally used in cakes and pastry,
we subjoin a list of weights and measures.


WEIGHT AND MEASURE

Wheat flour one pound is one quart.
Indian meal one pound, two ounces, is one quart.
Butter--when soft one pound is one quart.
Loaf-sugar, broken one pound is one quart.
White sugar, powdered one pound, one ounce, is one quart.
Eggs ten eggs are one pound.


LIQUID MEASURE

Sixteen large table-spoonfuls are half a pint.
Eight large table-spoonfuls are one gill.
Four large table-spoonfuls are half a gill.

A common-sized tumbler holds half a pint.
A common-sized wine-glass half a gill.


Allowing for accidental differences in the quality, freshness,
dryness, and moisture of the articles, we believe this comparison
between weight and measure, to be nearly correct as possible.