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Table 8. — Kinds of food, number of orders, and cost of each kind, and average cost and 

 amounts of protein and etiergy of dietary study Xo. 401. 



SUBJECT A. 

 [For explanation of numbers in parentheses, see p. 11.] 



Cost, protein, and energy of daily food. 



Kinds of food, number of order?, and cost of each 

 kind. 



Cost. 



Period 1, S iceeks, 2koi-einber SO to December SO. 



Chowder (57), 2, 6 cents; soup (59), 13, 39 cents. 

 Total soups, etc 



Cheese, sage (91 1, 1. 1 cent: buner (87), 41. 41 cents; 

 milk, glass (95i, 15. 30 cents; milk, bowl (hot) (94), 

 1. 5 cents: milk. 4-ounce pitchers (96). 30. 30 cents. 

 Total dairy products 



Prepared cereal (97), 2. 8 cents: hominv (100), 2, 8 

 cents; oatmeal (103). 21, 84 cent.*: rice" (106), 5, 20 

 cents. Total breakfast cereals, etc 



Bread, white (113), 13, 13 cents: bread, Graham ( 116), 

 89, 89 cents: bread. Boston brown ( 122 1. 6, 12 cents; 

 Graham gems (130 », 8. 8 cents: crackers for soup 

 (152). 15. 15 cents; bread, com (119). 5. 5 cents; rolls 

 (131). 6. 6 cents: biscuit (125), 8. 8 cents. Total 

 breads, crackers, etc 



Cake (158). 4. ^a cents; gingerbread (lt>8), 1, 1 cent; 

 pie (172). 2. 10 cents. Total desserts, etc 



Potatoes, baked (199), 11, 22 cents: sweet potatoes 

 (216). 4. 8 cents; succotash (230). 1, 3 cents. Total 

 vegetables 



Bananas (245), 1, 2 cents; oranges (252), 2, 6 cents. 

 Total fruits 



Sugar, teaspoonfuls (259), 140,0b 



Cereal coffee 1 264 1 5, 15 cents; cocoa (262), 9, 27 cents. 

 Total beverages 



Combination lunches 1 271 ). 6. 60 cents; dinners (274), 

 6, 72 cents. Total combination meals 



Total food . 



CenU. 

 2.1 



5.1 



Period 2, 3 iceeks, February U to March 6. 



Beefsteak pie (26). 1, 10 cents 



Chowder (57), 1, 3 cents: soup (60) , 3. 9 cents. Total 



soups, etc 



Butter (88), 45, 45 cents; milk, glass (95), 17. 34 cents: 



milk, 4-ounce pitchers (96), 39, 39 cents. Total 



dairy products 



I*repafed cereal (98), 9. 36 cents: oatmeal (104), 21, 



63 cents; rice (107). 2. 6 cents: wheat (110), 7, 21 



cents. Total breakfast cereals, etc 



Bread, Graham (117). 103. SI. 03: bread. Boston brown 



ir23), 5, 10 cents; biscuit (r26). 2, 2 cents. Total 



bread, clickers, etc 



Pie (173), 1, Scents; tarts (181), 1, 2 cents. Total 



desserts 



Potatoes, baked (200), 9. 18 cents; potatoes, boiled 



(202). 1, 2 cents: sweet potatoes (217), 11, 22 cents. 



Total vegetables 



Oranges (2.t0). 20. 60 cents 



Sugar, teaspoonfuls i259). 146,0b 



Cocoa (262), 12, 36 cents: coffee (263), 1,3 cents. Total 



beverages r 



Combination lunches (272), 11, SI. 10; dinners (275), 



2, 24 cents. Total combination meals 



Total food. 



Period 3. 5 iceeks, May 8 to May ?S. 



Beef, roast (8), 3. 30 cents 



Eggs, dropped (77), 10,f 30 cents: eggs, fried (80), 1,<- 3 

 cents; eggs, scrambled (86), 1, 8 cents; e^ omelet 

 (83). 1. 8 cents. Total eggs 



Chowder (57), 3, 9 cents; soup (61). 3. 9 cents. Total 

 soups, etc 



Cream (with strawberries) (93), l.O-.b butter (89), 35, 

 35 cents; milk, glass (95), 1, 2 cents: milk, bowl 

 (94). 14, 56 cents: milk. 4-ounce pitchers (96), 31, 

 31 cents. Total dairy products 



7.4 

 .9 



1.6 

 .4 



2.0 

 6.3 



31.5 



.0 



.6 



5.6 



6.0 



5.5 

 .3 



2.0 

 2.9 



SI.: 



1.4 



2.3 



.9 



5.9 



Total. 



Protein. 



Grams. 

 3.9 



10.7 

 9.6 



41.4 

 1.3 



3.1 

 .2 



1.9 ! 

 6.4 



1.0 

 16.7 



Energy. 



Calories. 

 65 



413 

 297 



1,429 

 91 



156 



13 

 237 



27 



479 



87.9 



3,207 



1.8 

 .9 



12.1 



9.7 



33.3 

 .4 



4.7 

 1.3 



1.2 

 19.6 



33 

 14 



462 



313 



1,110 

 33 



276 



82 



247 



587 



85.0 



3,191 



3.0 



6.3 



13.9 



39 



106 

 32 



4n 



Digesti- 

 ble 

 protein. 



Crrams. 

 3.8 



10.4 

 8.2 



35.2 

 1.1 



2.6 

 .2 



1.0 



15.4 



Avail- 

 able 

 energy. 



Calories. 

 56 



384 

 270 



1,300 

 85 



142 



11 

 232 



27 



441 



1.8 

 .9 



11.7 



8.2 



28.3 

 .3 



3.9 

 1.1 



1.2 

 18.0 



75.4 



2.9 



6.1 

 1.6 



13.5 



2,948 



29 

 12 



430 



285 



1,010 

 31 



251 



72 



242 



33 



540 



2,9:i5 



34 



a See footnote A to Table 1. ft See footnote r to Table 1. f Orders for one-half the usual amount. 



