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KITCHEN WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND
USEFUL INFORMATION
Equivalents of Capacity
(All measures are level full)
3 teaspoons =1 tablespoon
½ fluid ounce =1 tablespoon
16 tablespoons =1 cup
2 gills =1 cup
½ liquid pint =1 cup
8 fluid ounces =1 cup
1 liquid pint =2 cups
16 fluid ounces =2 cups
Lbs. per bu. Lbs. per bu.
Apples, 45 Lime, 80
Barley, 47 Oats, 32
Beans, dried, 60 Onions, 50
Beets, 56 Peaches, 48
Bran, 20 Peanuts, 22
Buckwheat, 48 Pears, 50
Cabbage, 50 Peas, green, 56
Carrots, 50 Peas, dried, 60
Cement, 100 Plums, 64
Charcoal, 20 Potatoes, 60
Cherries, 56 Potatoes (sweet) 54
Chestnuts, 50 Quinces, 48
Clover seed, 60 Rice, 45
Coal, 75 Rutabagas, 60
Coke, 40 Rye, 56
Corn, shelled, 56 Rye-meal, 60
Corn, ear, 70 Salt (coarse), 85
Cornmeal, 50 Salt (ground), 62
Cranberries, 40 Sand, 100
Cucumbers, 50 Timothy seed, 45
Currants, 40 Tomatoes, 60
Grapes, 48 Turnips, 60
Grass seed, 14 Walnuts, 50
Hominy, 60 Wheat, 60