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KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 



Articles. 



Vegetable Foods: 



Wheat flour 



Graham flour 



Oatmeal 



Malta Vita 



Grape-nuts 



Rice 



Tapioca 



Starch 



Corn, canned 



Corn, roasting 



Potatoes, Irish 



Potatoes, sweet. ... 



Turnips 



Pumpkin 



Tomatoes 



Peas 



Cabbage 



Beans 



Crackers 



Cakes, cookies 



Sugar, granulated . 



Syrup 



Honey 



Bread 



Bread, brown 



Cranberries 



Grapes 



Bananas 



Oranges 



Pecans 



Apricots, canned.. . 



Plums 



Plums, canned 



Lemons 



Chocolate 



Baking-powders ... 



Celery 



Apples 



Peaches 



Peaches, canned... 

 Melons 



Protein, 



22.00 

 2.92 

 2.11 



8.40 



.29 



1.34 



.40 



40.32 



5.76 



1.00 



.28 

 .86 

 1.57 

 5.40 

 4.50 

 2.12 



37.20 

 1.95 



Totals . 



.56 

 .48 

 .07 

 .17 

 .41 

 .45 

 .22 



.38 

 .16 

 .22 

 1.08 

 .50 

 .25 

 .50 



Fat. 



285.37 



2.20 

 .49 



3.92 

 .02 



.65 



.22 



1.90 



1.53 



.05 

 .05 

 .22 

 .43 



4.18 

 2.52 



4.80 

 .39 

 .10 

 .67 

 .24 



.14 



1.46 



1.08 



.25 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



159.80 

 17.91 

 9.55 



38.19 



3.17 



2.59 



4.50 



9.12 



3.04 



343.68 



99.84 



6.32 



.31 



.96 



2.37 



4.12 



14.34 



33.58 



20.72 



253.00 



28.56 



3.24 



210.80 



11.46 



1.78 



8.06 



8.58 



1.02 



4.44 



10.56 



9.50 



3.88 



.47 



.90 



1.12 



.65 



38.88 



6.70 



3.88 



6.75 



393.73 I 1,287.95 



Calories 



(fuel value). 



329.000 

 40.625 

 26.200 



103.600 



6.520 

 4.950 



8.375 



21.840 



7.270 



720.000 



203.520 



13.875 



1.720 



2.520 



6.120 



11.625 



38.520 



87.550 



53.200 



470.580 



53.200 



6.080 



482.000 



26.620 



3.870 



19.760 



18.000 



2.040 



9.100 



72.000 



8.500 



7.920 



1.160 



8.580 



2.467 



1.750 



79.200 



12.750 



7.920 



15.000 



4,762.978 



The cost of the food in this case was reported at 17 1 cents per day 

 per capita. At another date, when the tests were made for a shorter 

 period, though under conditions that assured greater accuracy, the 

 cost was 18 1 cents per day per capita. 



The estimates were made on food as purchased, making the usual 

 allowances for refuse, such as bone, skin, shell, etc., of the food, as 

 these are bought and paid for at the rate of so much per pound or 

 bushel or quart. These are no small items either, for some cuts of 

 beef lose 20 per cent, from refuse and bone tliat cannot be used. 

 Chickens, alive, lose 38 per cent. Fish lose from 40 to 50 per cent, in 

 this way. 



The amount of water, also, is more than we should at first suppose, 

 both in meats and in vegetables. Sirloin steak contains 38 per cent., 

 blue fish 43 per cent., potatoes 78 per cent., turnips 89 per cent, and 

 bread 32 per cent, of water. 



The most expensive items of this dietary are beef, which in the 

 above estimate costs $39.78, put of a total of $242 ; and all the animal 

 food, including meats, eggs, milk, cheese, and butter, costs $142, or 



