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Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. 



need not be alarmed by tbis sudden access of appetite. After a person 

 passes middle age, tbe amount of food taken is gradually diminisbed. 



If we are beginning to study tbe matter, tbe first question to present 

 itself will probably be bow we are to know wbat foods will give vis tbese 

 proportions, and to belp us, careful tables are given by the government 

 showing tbe composition of the dififerent foods. The composition of a 

 few of tbe commonest foods is given here : 



In order to get tbe amount of different- nutrients from these foods 

 one might use in a day tbe following selections : 



This would give very nearly the required proportion for a man at 

 moderate work. The difficulty of getting tbe right amount from one food 

 is shown by the following statements. If meat be supplied containing 

 eighteen per cent of proteid, a fair average, a little more than a pound 

 and a half will be required to furnish tbe necessary proteid for one day, 

 provided it is all obtained from the meat. Tbe meat would vary in fat, 

 but estimating the per cent as twenty, tbe pound and a half yields 4-1-0 

 ounces, more than enough for the day, but there would be no carbo- 

 hydrate. Bread contains about nine per cent of proteid, and it would 

 require three pounds to furnish the same amount yielded by tbe pound 

 and a half of meat. Nearly two pounds and a half of eggs, or about 

 twenty, would be required to give the same amount of proteid as tbe 

 pound and a half of meat, or three pounds of bread, and there would be 

 no carbohydrate. The three pounds of bread would furnish also more 



