Show Grain as a Weight The nnme grain as a weight originated orig-inated In a curious way Tho old English Eng-lish pound was equivalent to the weight of 7CSO grains of wheat taken I I from tho middle of the ear This gives 4SO to each of the 1C ounces of which the pound was composed AI though the standard Is now entirely different the fact that there are still 4t0 grains to the ounce Troy and the ounce apothecaries weight carries 113 back to the time of the Conquest and shoes us how the name grain oilg Inated n |