Three scruples make a drachm.
Eight drachms make an ounce.
Twelve ounces make a pound.
On Purchasing Wood.
Wood that is straight and solid makes more in a load, and is the most profitable.
A cord of small crooked sticks does not contain half the wood there is in a load of solid logs.
The best wood for fires is the hickory, hard maple, white ash, black birch, yellow birch, beech, yellow oak, and locust. The best are placed first.
The following are inferior in quality. Elm, soft maple, white birch, pepperage, and pine.
The following are not fit to burn, either because they snap, or will not burn. Chestnut, butternut, cedar, sassafras, red oak, and buckeye.
Any person can learn to distinguish each kind by a little attention and instruction.