| DRY MEASURE |
| 2 pints (pt.) | = 1 quart | qt. |
| 8 quarts | = 1 peck | pk. |
| 4 pecks | = 1 bushel | bu. |
34. Tables of RELATIVE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES are of value to the housewife in that they will assist her greatly in coming to an understanding of the relation that some of the different weights and measures bear to one another. For example, as dry foods are sold by the pound in some localities, it will be well for her to know the approximate equivalent in pounds of a definite quantity of another measure, say a quart or a bushel of a certain food. Likewise, she ought to know that when a recipe calls for a cupful it means 1/2 pint, as has been explained. Every one is familiar with the old saying, "A pint's a pound the world around," which, like many old sayings, is not strictly true, for while 1 pint is equal to 1 pound of some things, it is not of others. The following tables give approximately the relative weights and measures of most of the common foods:
| APPROXIMATE MEASURE OF 1 POUND OF FOOD |
| Beans, dried | 2 CUPFULS |
| Butter | 2 CUPFULS |
| Coffee, whole | 4 CUPFULS |
| Corn meal | 3 CUPFULS |
| Flour | 4 CUPFULS |
| Milk | 2 CUPFULS |
| Molasses | 1-1/2 CUPFULS |
| Meat, chopped, finely packed | 2 CUPFULS |
| Nuts, shelled | 3 CUPFULS |
| Oats, rolled | 4 CUPFULS |
| Olive oil | 2-1/2 CUPFULS |
| Peas, split | 2 CUPFULS |
| Raisins | 3 CUPFULS |
| Rice | 2 CUPFULS |
| Sugar, brown | 2-2/3 CUPFULS |
| Sugar, granulated | 2 CUPFULS |
| Sugar, powdered | 2-3/4 CUPFULS |
| APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 1 TABLESPOONFUL OF FOOD |
| Butter | 1/2 OUNCE |
| Corn starch | 3/8 OUNCE |
| Flour | 1/4 OUNCE |
| Milk | 1/2 OUNCE |
| Sugar | 1/2 OUNCE |
| APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 1 CUPFUL OF FOOD |
| Butter | 8 OUNCES |
| Corn meal | 5 OUNCES |
| Corn starch | 6 OUNCES |
| Flour | 4 OUNCES |
| Milk | 8 OUNCES |
| Molasses | 10 OUNCES |
| Nuts, shelled | 4 OUNCES |
| Raisins | 5 OUNCES |
| Sugar | 8 OUNCES |
In measuring, you will find the following relative proportions of great assistance:
| 3 tsp. = 1 Tb. |
| 16 Tb. = 1 c. |
35. ABBREVIATIONS OF MEASURES.--In order to simplify directions and recipes in books relating to cookery, it is customary to use the abbreviations of some weights and measures. Those which occur most frequently in cook books are the following:
| tsp. for teaspoonful |
| pt. for pint |
| Tb. for tablespoonful |
| qt. for quart |
| c. for cupful |
| oz. for ounce |
| lb. for pound |