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Table No. 8 : Number of Grams of Digestible Protein, Carbohydrates, and 

 Number of Calories from 10 Cents Worth of the Foods. 



From the above figures some very interesting- conclusions may be 

 drawn. Obviously ten cents' worth of rolled oats, when sold in bulk, will 

 furnish more digestible protein than any other food on the list ; granulated 

 oatmeal and wheat germ are practically alike and stand second in order in 

 this respect; while malted or "predigested" foods supply the smallest 

 quantity. In digestible carbohydrates, cornmeal stands first, wheat germ 

 second, and the oatmeals third, with the malted foods again at the foot of 

 the list. In the last column, which gives the energy value of the digestible 

 matter of ten cents' worth of the foods, cornmeal ranks first, furnishing 

 400 calories of heat more than the oatmeals, which some second in order, 

 and 455 more than wheat germ ; while the same amount of money expended 

 on Force will purchase food capable of producing only 1,010 calories of 

 available energy, which is 4,306 less than that of cornmeal. 



It may be argued that, as the "predigested" foods are sold in pack- 

 ages, they should be compared with the other foods put up in the same 

 manner. When this is done, the differences in the energy values are not 

 so wide ; but, while there is a comparatively narrow margin between such 

 farinas as Cream of Wheat, Meat of Wheat, etc., there is so much more 

 protein and energy obtained from corn and oat meals that they are still 

 very much cheaper. In this connection it is worthy of note that the goods 

 sold in packages are very much more expensive than when sold in bulk. 

 In the case of the farinas, only a litle over half the nourishment would be 

 obtained from the same money expended on package foods as when bought 



