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86 1 board foot of lumber (made up of various kinds as would be the case with other commodities)

$$\tfrac{1}{40}$$ of a bushel of wheat

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of a pound of steers

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of a pound of meat

15 pounds of coal

$$\tfrac{1}{200}$$ of a barrel of wheat flour

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of a pound of sugar

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of a pound of hogs

$$\tfrac{1}{6}$$ of a pound of cotton

$$\tfrac{1}{6}$$ of a gallon of petroleum

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of an egg

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of a pint of milk

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of an ounce of butter

$$\tfrac{1}{60}$$ of a bushel of corn

$$\tfrac{1}{50}$$ of a bushel of potatoes

$$\tfrac{1}{200}$$ of a pair of shoes

$$\tfrac{3}{4}$$ of a pound of hay

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of an ounce of steers' hides

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of an ounce of tobacco at the farm

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of an ounce of manufactured tobacco

$$\tfrac{3}{4}$$ of an ounce of lard

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of an ounce of leather

$$\tfrac{1}{15}$$ of an ounce of wool

$$\tfrac{1}{4}$$ of a pound of steel

$$\tfrac{1}{2}$$ of an ounce of copper

$$\tfrac{1}{20}$$ of an ounce of rubber

$$\tfrac{1}{6}$$ of 1% of a gallon of drug alcohol

1 ounce of soap

etc., etc.

These happen to be roughly the relative quantities of some of the commodities used by the United States