Table of Household Weights and Measures
(Reprinted by permission of publisher from "Housewifery,"
by L. Ray Balderston, M. A.
J. B. Lippincott, 1919)

Linear Measure:
12 inches=1 foot
3 feet=1 yard
5½ yards=1 rod
320 rods=1 mile
1760 yards=1 mile
5280 feet=1 mile

Square Measure:
144 square inches=1 square foot
9 square feet=1 square yard
30¼ square yards=1 square rod
160 s quare rods=1 acre
1 square mile=1 section
36 square miles=1 township

Avoirdupois Weight:
27.3 grains=1 dram
16 drams=1 ounce (oz.)
16 ounces=1 pound (lb.)
100 pounds=1 cwt. (hundredweight)
2,000 pounds=1 ton

Liquid Measure:
4 gills=1 pint
2 pints=1 quart
4 quarts=1 gallon
31½ gallons=1 bbl.

Dry Measure:
2 pints=1 quart
8 quarts=1 peck
4 pecks=1 bushel
105 dry quarts=1 bbl. (fruit, vegetables, etc.)

Miscellaneous Household Measures:
4 saltspoonfuls=1 teaspoonful
3 teaspoonfuls=1 tablespoonful
16 tablespoonfuls=1 cupful
2 gills=1 cupful
2 cupfuls=1 pint
1 cupful=8 fluid ounces
32 tablespoonfuls=1 lb. butter
2 cups of butter=1 lb.
1 lb. butter=40 butter balls
4 cups flour=1 lb.
2 cups sugar=1 lb.
5 cups coffee=1 lb.
1 lb. coffee = 40 cups of liquid coffee
17/8 cups rice = 1 lb.
22/3 cups oatmeal = 1 lb.
22/3 cups cornmeal = 1 lb.
1 cup of liquid to 3 cups of flour = a dough
1 cup of liquid to 2 cups of flour = a thick batter
1 cup of liquid to 1 cup of flour = a thin batter
1 teaspoonful soda to 1 pint sour milk
1 teaspoonful soda to one cup of molasses
1 teaspoonful cream of tartar plus ½ teaspoonful soda = 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder

2. THE CHILD NURSE

There always are and always will be children to be taken care of. There is no way in which a girl can help her country better than by fitting herself to undertake the care of children. A Girl Scout thinks for herself, and knowing the Health Laws, she knows the important things to consider in caring for children:

1. The care necessary for the child's bones.

2. When it should exercise its muscles.

3. Its rest.

4. The air, sun and food and water which it needs.

5. How to keep it clean.