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WEDNESDAY, FEHRUARY 12. 



Breakfast. — Oatmeal with top of milk, hash, corn cake, milk and cereal coffee. 



Dinner. — ^Vgetable soup, croutons, baked stuffed beef's heart, brown sauce, rice, 

 cornstarch blanc mange, caramel sauce. 



Supper. — Potato and celery salad, white and graham bread, fried corn-meal mush, 

 siruj). 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 



Breakfast. — Corn-meal nuish with top of milk, hashed meat on toast, milk and 

 cereal coffee. 



Dinner. — Salt salmon, drawn butter sauce, baked potatoes, parsnips, bread, evapo- 

 rated ajjple shortcake. 



Suppler. — Cold sliced beef's heart, creamed j^otatoes, cocoa, bread (white and 

 graham), ginger snaps. 



DETAILS OF THE DIETARY STUDY (No. 6a). 



The faiuil}^ in this experiment consisted of 30 students — 26 women 

 and 4 men — ranging in age from 25 to 45 3^ears. Considering the 4 men 

 as equivalent to 5 women as regards food consumption, the family for 

 six days was equivalent to ISO women for one da}'. 



The amounts, cost, and nutrients of the food eaten are given in the 

 table following. The numbers in parentheses following each food 

 material in the table refers to the composition given at the same num- 

 ber in Table 29 in the Appendix. 



Table 7. — Weights and cost of food mid nutrients in dietary study Xo. 6a. 



Food consumed during the entire study (6 days). 



Cost, nutrients, and fuel value per woman 

 per day. 



Kinds and amounts. 



AXIMAL FOOD. 



Beef: Hearts, 11 pounds, 38 cents (7): round, 

 10..5 pounds, $1.0o (28); rump, 10 pounds, 80 cents 

 (13); shank, fore, 3 pounds (20); brisket 

 (stew), 7.2.'i jiounds, .50 cents (la) 



Pork: Bacon, 2 pounds, :30cents (57); salt pork, 

 2 pounds, 18 cents (0-4); lard, 1 pound, 12 

 cents ( (32 ) 



Fish: Cod, salt, 4 pounds, 42 cents (81); salmon, 

 salt, 5 pounds, 40 cents (97) 



Eggs, 1 pound, 33 cents (105) 



Butter, 9 pounds, S2.25 (106) 



Cheese, 2 pounds, 30 cents (108) 



Milk, 210 pounds, $2.70 (114) 



Total animal food 



VEGETABLE FOOD. 



Cereals: Corn meal, 10 pounds, 29 cents (119); 

 pop corn, 1 ])ound, 5 cents (132); hominy, 

 1.44 iiounds, o cents ( Vi.fi): oatmeal, 4.5 pounds, 

 15 cents (130); rice, 4 pounds, 28 cents (133); 

 graham flour, 10 pounds, 25 cents (124); white 

 flour, (iC) po\mds, 11.55 (122); crackers, Bos- 

 ton, 0.75 i)oniiil, 4 cents (154) 



Sugars, starches, etc.: Sugar, granulated, 20 

 pounds, $1 (163); molasses, 2.33 pounds, 36 

 cents (165); cornstarch, 0.33 pound, 2 cents 

 (172); cocoa, I pound, 17 cents (168); choco- 

 late, 0.12 pound, 5 cents (167) 



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Cost. 



Cost. 



Protein, i Fat. 



'Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Dollars. 



2.73 



.60 



.82 

 .33 



2. 25 

 .30 



2.70 



Cents, (iraiiis. ' (ji-ains. 



9.73 



2. 66 



1.60 



1..5 



.3 



.4 



.2 



l!2 



_ 2 



l'.4 



5.2 



1.4 



15 



1 

 5 



19 



1 

 17 



39 



19 



2 



20 



70 



27 



Grams 



26 



Fuel 

 value. 



Calories. 



26 



178 



54 



229 



75 

 38 



169 



22 



350 



883 



856 



229 



