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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
bushel measures, all of which are regulated by law as to 
the amount they hold. 
There are some people who have a true feeling or 
sense for weight and can tell almost to an ounce the 
weight of a parcel by lifting it. Others have a good 
memory and can tell the weight of a quantity by looking 
at it. Others know distance and can estimate it correctlv 
without use of rule or measure, and likewise judge 
numbers. 
Very few people have this ability naturally, but many 
have acquired it by practice and patience and a Scout 
can do so: she will find many times that this particular 
form of knowledge whether in or out of doors is of 
benefit. 
How often a housekeeper wishes she could tell about 
how much material to buy for this or that purpose with- 
out getting the yard stick and measuring. The seamstress 
and dressmaker must judge length and width and even 
height, and the cook constantly has need of a sense of 
quantity and size. The photographer, the pioneer, the 
camper, all must know measurements. This matter of 
judging is something we are called upon to do much 
more than we have realized. The point is how can we 
learn the trick? We should start with something we 
know and compare to it something whose size we do not 
know. This is where knowing your personal measure- 
ments will be of value. Always prove when practicing 
your idea, otherwise you will not improve your ability. 
That is, make your estimate, then see how near right it is 
by measuring. Learn to know how an inch, a foot, a yard 
look. hen work with longer lengths out of doors with 
several feet, and several yards. Fences, roads, streets, 
dooryards, houses, all can be judged as to length. 
Height is less easy to estimate for we are not so accus- 
tomed to looking up and down as we are to looking 
