546 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



WEIGHTS AND HOUSEHOLD MEASURES 



Forty-five drops of water is a teaspoonful. 



One teaspoonful equals one fluid dram. 



One dessertspoonful equals two teaspoonfuls, or two drams. 



One tablespoonful equals two dessertspoonfuls, or four tea- 

 spoonfuls. 



Two tablespoonfuls equals eight teaspoonfuls, or one fluid 

 ounce. 



One common size wineglassful equals two ounces or one-half 

 gill. 



One coimnon size tumbler holds one-half pint. 



A small teacup is estimated to hold four fluid ounces or one 



gill. 



One pound of wheat is equal to about one pint. 



One pound and two ounces of Indian meal is equal to one 

 quart. 



One pound of sugar is equal to about one pint. 



A pint of pure water is about a pound. 



Table to estimate wall paper. — An ordinary single roll of wall 

 paper made in America is eight yards long and eighteen inches 

 wide. A double roll is sixteen yards long. Cartridge or Ingrain 

 papers are thirty inches wide. Borders and friezes are usually 

 either nine or eighteen inches wide, and eighteen yards long. 

 Where the border is but nine inches wide, two widths are usually 

 furnished on a roll. 



To use this table, first measure the length and width of the 

 room, add them together and multiply by two. You then have 

 the length of the four sides of the room. Then measure the 

 height of the room and add, referring to the table, find in the 

 first column the figure nearest to the one that represents the 

 sum of the four sides. Follow this line across to the column that 

 corresponds to the height of your room. The number \\dll be the 

 number of single rolls of wall paper that will be needed to cover 

 the walls, not making any allowance for doors or windows. For 

 each door or w^indow deduct half a single roll. For mantels and 

 fireplaces deduct a single roll for each thirty-six square feet of 

 surface. 



