POCKET COMPANION. Weights and Measures for the Kitchen. 4 Large Tablespoonfuls make... ,. i................. 1 Common-sized Tumbler holds.......................>£ pint 1 Common-sized Wine-glass is equal to........ ^...... % gill 1 Tea-cup holds.......___................... L»____1 gill 1 Large Wine-glass holds.......................... 2 ounces 1 Tablespoonful is equal to___.....................% ounce 1 pound of Wheat Flour is equal to................ 1 quart 1 pound and 2 ounces of Indian Meal make .........1 quart 1 pound of Soft Butter is equal to..................1 quart 1 pound and 2 ounces of Best Brown Sugar make..., 1 quart 1 pound and 1 oz. of Powdered White Sugar make.. 1 quart 1 pound of Broken Loaf Sugar is equal to.........1 quart Comparative Value of Different Foods for Stock. One hundred pounds of good hay for stock are equal to: Articles. Pounds. Beets, white silesia......669 Turnips................469 Rye-straw...............429 Clover, red, green...... 373 Carrots.................371 Mangolds..............368^ Potatoes, kept in pit___350 Oat-straw..............317 Potatoes.............360 Carrot leaves (tops)___135 Hay, English...........100 Height of Principal Monuments of the Worid. NAMES. PLACES. Feet. Egyptian Obelisk, now in............New York....... 88 Obelisk of Luxor, now in............Paris........___ 110 Trajan's Pillar, Rome...............Italy.........-.. Monument, Place Vendome..........Paris........... Washington Monument..............Baltimore...... Leaning Tower of Pisa...............Italy.......... Bunker Hill Monument.............. Massachusetts.. Church of Notre Dame...............Paris........... Porcelain Tower, Nankin.............China.......... Column at Delhi .....................Hindostan...... Trinity Church.......................New York...... Assinelli Tower, Bologna.............Italy.,......... St. Mark's Church....................Venice......... Cathedral of Notre Dame, Munich... Bavaria......... ma Pyramid of Sakkarah...............Egypt.......... 356 Cathedral of Utrecht....... ....... .Holland......... 356 Cathedral of Milan........ ..........Lombardy... .. 355 Cathedral of Seville.................Spain............ 360 Church at Friborg...................Germany ...... 386 Cathedral at Cremona............ .. .Lombardy....... 396 Cathedral at Florence................Italy............ 387 Salisbury Cathedral..............England ........ 400 St. Paul's Church, London...........England......... 365 St. Martin's Church at Landshut..... Germany........ 411 St. Peter's Church...................Rome ......... 448 Pyramid of Cephrenes...............Egypt........... 456 Strasburg Cathedral.................France.......... 474 Antwerp Cathedral..................Belgium ....----- Pyramid of Cheops...................Egypt........... Articles. Pounds. Lucerne................89 Clover, red, dry..........88 Buckwheat...............78^ Corn...................62>£ Oats............ . ......59 Barley.................58 Rye..................53^ Wheat.................4±% Oil-cake, linseed........43 Peas, dry................37# Beans..... . ..........28
