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59 per cent. Of the carbonaceous foods, the largest items were sugar, 

 syrup, and honey, all together, $13.80; and bread, white and brown, 

 $11.(35. The calories per day per capita were 3437. The nutritive 

 ratio, as shown by the amounts of proteins and fats together, and 

 carbohydrates, estimated as previously noted, is 1 : 7.6. 



Here again it will be seen that the total number of calories in the 

 food is not so much out of the way, though a little high, but the same 

 condition prevails as in the other case; that is, the nutritive ratio is 

 wide — too much fat and carbohydrates in proportion to the proteids. 



The table following gives some of the results observed both in this 

 country and abroad in respect to fuel value of foods and nutvitvoe 

 ratio. These are selected from many hundred that have been pub- 

 lished, so as to show an average and some special facts. Here also is 

 seen the tendency of our Southern people to eat too much fat and 

 starch. The figures in parentheses give the number of families or 

 clubs studied. 



COMPARISON OF DIETARIES. 



Negro farmers, Tennessee 



Cotton operators, Lowell, Mass... 

 Mechanics, etc., New England (20) 

 Average for professional men (9) . . 



Saxony, working people (13) 



Middle class, European (11) 



Laborers, Bavaria (5) 



Javanese ( World's Fair) 



Football team 



Average wage-earner, Connecticut 



United States army ration 



Students' club, Connecticut 



" " Missouri 



" " Tennessee 



" " average (15) 



" " Kansas 



