Some old English dry measures.
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
2 gallons = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 Winchester bushel
4 bushels = 1 coomb
2 coombs = 1 quarter
5 quarters = 1 way or 1 load
2 ways = 1 ton
(The picture of the bushel measure is with the kind permission of Antique Farm Tools )
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