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HORTICULTURIST'S RULE -BOOK. 



1 dessertspoonful equals 2 teaspoonfuls, or 2 drams. 



1 tablespoonful equals 2 dessertspoonfuls, or 4 teaspoonfuls. 



2 tablespoonfuls equal 8 teaspoonfuls, or 1 fluid ounce. 

 1 common-size wineglassf ul equals 2 ounces, or \ gill. 



1 common-size tumbler holds ^ pint. 



A small tea-cup is estimated to hold 4 fluid ounces, or 1 gill. 



1 pound of wheat is equal to about 1 pint. 



1 pound and 2 ounces of Indian meal is equal to 1 quart. 



1 pound of soft butter is equal to about 1 pint. 



1 pound of sugar is equal to about 1 pint. 



A pint of pure water is about a pound. 



II. METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 

 15. Weight. 



1 gram is the weight of 1 cubic centimeter of distilled water 

 at its maximum density (39.1 Fahr.) in a vacuum. As a 

 matter of fact, however, the gram now in use is the one- 

 thousandth part of the weight of a kilogram of platinum, which 

 was deposited in the Palace of the Archives in Paris, in 1799, 

 by the international commission, which was appointed to fix 

 the standards of what is now known as the metric system. 



