Tables of Weights and Measures

The saleswoman will often find it to her advantage to know some other rules of weight and measure in addition to the common:

4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 16 ounces = 1 pound, and the following may be of use:

4 teaspoons liquid = 1 tablespoon,
4 tablespoons liquid = ½ gill or ¼ cup
1 tablespoon liquid = ½ ounce
1 pint liquid = 1 pound
2 gills liquid = 1 cup, or ½ pint
1 kitchen cup = ½ pint
1 heaping quart sifted flour = 1 pound
4 cups flour = 1 quart or 1 pound
1 rounded tablespoon = 1 ounce
3 cups corn meal = 1 pound
1 ½ pints corn meal = 1 pound
1 cup butter = ½ pound
1 tablespoon butter = 1 ounce
2 cups granulated sugar = 1 pound
1 pint granulated sugar = 1 pound
1 pint brown sugar = 13 ounces
2½ cups powdered sugar = 1 pound
Butter size of an egg = 2 ounces
Butter size of a walnut = 1 ounce
10 eggs about 1 pound

Measurements should be taken level.