at a few flowers or a little dish of ferns in the center of the
table is very much liked by most people, if there is room for it. It
often happens that the family see more of each other at meal times than
at any other time in the day and everyone should try to make meal time a
pleasant, restful, good-humored time.

HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The careful housewife soon becomes skilled in weighing and measuring the
various goods she buys and uses. At the store she is on guard against
short measures, and if she does not market in person, she has machines
at home to test what is delivered. The following table is given for
frequent reference use by the Girl Scout while earning her badges in
Homecraft. She will also find it useful in learning to judge weights and
distances for her First Class test.

TABLE OF HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

(_Reprinted by permission of publisher from "Housewifery," by L. Ray
Balderston, M. A._ J. B. Lippincott, 1919)

_Linear Measure:_

12 inches = l foot
3 feet = 1 yard
5-1/2 yards = 1 rod
320 rods = 1 mile
1760 yards = 1 mile
5280 feet = 1 mile

_Square Measure:_

144 square inches = 1 square foot
9 square feet = 1 square yard
30-1/4 square yards = 1 square rod
160 square rods = 1 acre
1 square mile = 1 section
36 square miles = 1 township

_Avoirdupois Weight:_

27.3 grains = 1 dram
16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.)
16 ounces = 1 pound (lb.)
100 pounds = 1 cwt. (hundredweight)
2,000 pounds = 1 ton

_Liquid Measure:_

4 gills = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
31-1/2 gallons = 1 bbl.

_Dry Measure:_

2 pints = 1 quart
8 quarts = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
105 dry quarts = 1 bbl. (fruit, vegetables, etc.)

_Miscellaneous Household Measures:_

4 saltspoonfuls = 1 teaspoonful
3 teaspoonfuls = 1 tablespoonful
16 tablespoonfuls = 1