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lusk: food economics 



TABLE IX 



Weights of Various Foods Necessary to Furnish 2,500 Calories, and Cost 

 at Second Avenue and 90th Street, New York City 



A man at moderate work requires 2,500 calories daily 



ARTICLES 



Corn meal 



Hominy 



Oatmeal 



Flour 



Sugar 



Rice (broken) 



Bread 



Lard 



Corn syrup 



Molasses 



Peanut butter 



Pork (fat) 



Beans (dried), pea 



Oleomargarine 



Potatoes 



Dates 



Olive oil 



Hickory nuts (unhulled) . . . 



Raisins (dried) 



Applies (dried) 



Cheese, American, pale 



Butter 



Brazil nuts (unhulled) 



Cocoa 



Lentils (dried) 



Almonds (unhulled) 



Apples (fresh) 



English walnuts (unhulled) 

 Salt cod 



50.04! 

 0.04| 

 0.05i 

 0.06 



0.07| 



0.08i 



0.08A 



0.09§ 



0.12H 



0.14 



0.14 



0.14 



0.15H 



0.19 



0.20 



0.21 



0.21f 



0.23f 



0.24 ^ 



0.27 



0.29 A 



0.30 



0.36 



0.38 



0.41H 



0.90 



government compel manufacturers to place upon each can or 

 package of food sold the caloric content of the package. 



Besides fuel value it must be remembered that the body must 

 have protein. The machinery of the living parts of the body 

 such as muscle is in a constant state of wearing away. The 

 wear and tear is slight, but protein must be taken in the food 



