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Development of United States Weights and Measures.—The units of weight and measure in the United States are practically those used in the colonies prior to the American Revolution. The constitutional power "to fix the Standard of Weights and Measures," vested in Congress (Art. I, sect. 8, par. 5, United States Constitution), has rarely been exercised, so that legislation on weights and measures has been confined almost entirely to the states, although the same general system of weights and measures prevails throughout the country. However, while Congress has never definitely authorized the weights and measures in common use, it has sanctioned their use by various measures providing that accurate copies of standard weights and measures be furnished to each state of the Union.

Our garden measures some 20 by 20 feet, but any size that the gardener has the strength and time to tend will do; even a tiny plot can produce an amazing number of blossoms. The cutting garden should be conveniently located, near the house, and near a watering outlet, and if possible, removed from the general view of the home landscape so you never worry about how it looks, especially after you've cut into it. Ours is in the southeast corner of the vegetable patch, where it gets plenty of sun. And since we walk there every day to check on the tomatoes or pick fresh arugula, we always notice the freshest flowers.

In all of these events it is a foul to touch t confining circle or step outside of it. The co petitor is allowed several attempts, usually thi or four. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, the means of < pressing quantity, as of length, area, volume, < pacity, and mass (or weight), in terms of star ard units and their multiples and divisions. T science of weights and measures is called metr< ogy, a term used also to describe a system weights and measures or a treatise on the subje In this article weights and measures are d cussed chiefly from the standpoint of those us in the United States and in other English-spea ing countries.