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.

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