FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



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tbe Tuskegee Institute, those in the country live in a very primitive 

 way and are believed to be fair representatives of a large class of 

 negroes in this and other regions. They live usually in log cabins con- 

 taining 1 or 2 rooms, and the house furnishings, clothing, and cooking 

 are of the simplest kind. The food consists largely of corn meal, fat 

 pork, and molasses. Wheat flour and vegetables are used to some 

 extent, and occasionally a little beef, mutton, or poultry is eaten. Rais- 

 ing cotton is the principal industry, and mortgaging the crop is a very 

 common practice. 



The purpose of the studies was to ascertain something of the food 

 and nutrition of typical negro families and to compare the results with 

 similar studies made in other regions. The methods followed were 

 those described in Bulletin 21 of this Office (E. S. R., 7, p. 148). A 

 number of Alabama foods were analyzed and the composition of the 

 others was computed from standard tables. 



In the opinion of the authors there would be no serious error in 

 assuming that the quantities of food purchased represented the amounts 

 eaten, and this was done. Tables are given showing in full the results 

 of the dietary studies. The following table gives the quantities and 

 cost of food per man per day, with the fuel value and nutritive ratio: 



Results of diet ani studies — composition and cost of food per man per day. 



Cost. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Fat. 



Carbo- 



I'u. 1 



hydrates, value. 



Nutritive 



ratio. 



Negroes in the Tuskegee region 



Farmer's family 



Do 



Do 



Farmer's family, summer 



Farmer's family, winter 



Average 



Farm manager's family 



Farmer's family 



Sawmill laborer's family, summer 



Sawmill laborer's family, winter 



Average 



Farmer's family 



Do : 



Plantation hand's family 



Farmer's family 



do : 



Carpenter's family 



Woman farmer's family 



Farmer's family 



do : 



Cotton plantation laborer's family... 

 Do. • 



Average of all 



( '• nts. 

 2. 25 

 4.00 

 4.00 



Grams. 

 31 



26 

 33 



3.00 

 3.50 



3.35 



9.50 

 5.25 



6.25 

 6.00 



5.49 



4.50 

 8.25 

 6.25 

 8.00 

 9.75 

 16.75 

 7.00 

 8.50 

 10.25 

 11. 25 

 12.25 



6.57 



Grams. 

 27 

 83 

 99 



Grams. <'alories. 

 304 1,625 



225 , 1,800 

 214 1,935 



372 

 389 



2.24'i 

 2.295 



2, 265 



138 

 119 



255 

 362 



2,535 

 2,790 



85 

 118 



429 

 390 



2,790 

 2,932 



409 



85 

 126" 

 182 

 120 

 124 

 148 

 131 

 141 

 269 

 252 

 283 



458 

 432 

 ^24 

 467 

 425 

 558 

 649 

 627 

 518 

 666 

 649 



132 



436 



2,860 



2,890 

 3,230 

 3,235 



3, 245 

 3,270 

 4,060 

 4,195 



4, 235 



4. 955 



5. 480 

 5. 670 



3,270 



1:11.8 

 1:15.9 

 1 : 13. 3 



1:11.4 



1 : 15. 



1:11.7 

 1:12.9 



1:10.5 

 1:11.3 



1:11.1 



1 : 12. 1 

 1 : 10. 1 

 1:14.2 

 1:14.2 

 1: 7.7 

 1: 9.2 

 1:12.3 

 1:11.0 

 1:14.1 

 1:12.5 

 1:13.9 



1:11.8 



The influence of education was shown to be very marked. The 

 negroes in and near Tuskegee lived in much more comfortable circum- 

 stances than those in the country, and their diet was more abundant 

 and varied. 



