Table of Weights and Measures. 



Weights and Measures 

 Imperial Measures of Capacity. 



5 ounces of water 1 giU 



« gills 1 pint 



2 pints 1 quart 



4 quarts 1 gallon 



2 gallons 1 Peck 



A pecks 1 bushel 



English Linear 



12 inches equals 1 ft. 



3 feet equals 1 yd. 



5^ yards equals 1 rod 



16K feet equals 1 rod 



320 rods equals 1 mile 



5280 feet equals 1 mile 



1760 yards equals 1 mile 



Surface or Square 



144 sq. in equals 1 sq. ft. 



9 sq. ft equals 1 sq. yd. 



30>< sq. yds equals 1 sq. rod 



272>i sq. ft equals 1 sq. rod 



160 sq. rods. ; equals 1 acre 



4840 sq. yds equals 1 acre 



43,560 sq. feet equals 1 acre 



640 acres .equals 1 sq. mile 



Volume or Cubic 



8728 cu. in equals 1 cu. ft. 



9l cu. in equals 1 cu. yd. 



4 cord wood. . . .equals a pile 4x4x8 ft — 



128 CU; ft. 



1 perch masonry equals a pile 16>^xl >^xl 



ft— 24K cu. ft. 



Liquid 



4 gills equal 1 pint 



2 pints equal 1 quart 



4 quarts equal 1 gallon (U.S. 231 cu. 



in.) 

 4 quarts equal 1 gallon (Eng. 277.27 



cu. in.) 

 Siyi gallons equal 1 barrel 

 2 barrels. . . .equal 1 hogshead 

 63 gallons . . equal 1 hogshead 

 2 hogsheads, equal 1 pipe or butt 



Dry 



2 pints equal 1 quart 



8 quarts equal 1 peck 



4 pecks equal 1 bushel 



1 bushel equal 2150.42 cu. in. 



Commercial 



437.5 grains equi.1 1 ounce- 



oz. 



16 ounces — (7000 grains) equal 1 pound 



— lb. 



28 pounds equal 1 quartei 



— qtr. 



4 quarters— (112 lbs.) equal 1 hundred 



weight — 

 cwt. 



20 cwt. (2240 lbs.) equal 1 long ton 



2000 lbs equal 1 short 



ton. 



2204.6 lbs equal 1 metric 



ton 



Legal Weight in Dominion of Canada 



Weight per bushel 



Wheat 60 



Oats 34 



Barley 48 



Rye 56 



Buckwheat 49 



Flax ....56 



Indian Corn 56 



Peas 60- 



Beans 60 



Beets 60 



Carrots 60" 



Eggs, IM lbs. per standard dozen. 



Castor Beans 40 



Clover Seed 60 



Hemp Seed 44 



Onions 50 



Parsnips 60 



Potatoes 60 



Turnips.... 60 



Timothy seed 48 



Blue Grass Seed 14 



Lime 70 



Butuminous coal '0 



Average Weights of One Peck Vege- 

 tables, Etc. 



Apples 10 lbs. 



Broad Beans 9 lbs. 



Currants 14 lbs. 



Green Peas 8 lbs 



Gooseberries 14 lbs 



Kidney Beans 10 lbs. 



Onions 16 lbs. 



Pears 12 bs. 



Plums 14 bs. 



Potatoes 14 jbs. 



Raspberry 12 bs. 



Strawberry 1;? }bs. 



Swede Turnips 12 bs. 



White Turnips 12 lbs. 



