26 FOOD-GRAINS OF INDIA. 



of replacing in a more concentrated form the albuminoids with- 

 drawn in the 2^ ounces of rice. The ration will then stand 



Albuminoids. Starch. 



Lablab-beans, 8^ oz. furnish ... 1*904 ... 4'999 



Rice, 4 oz. furnish ... ... '292 ... 3'i88 



y oz. Oil furnishes nil ... 1725 | &> 



2-196 ... 9-912 



These totals approach sufficiently near to the figures required by 

 theory. 



We will not multiply examples of dietaries containing rice 

 associated with pulse, but will consider the cases furnished by 

 millets and pulse used together. Happily, the comparative rich- 

 ness of the millets in albuminoids enables us to lower the amount 

 of lablab or ordinary pulse which it is necessary to employ with 

 them in constructing a standard ration. As an illustration we will 

 use miing-beans and bajra (Pennisetum typhoidewri). By reference 

 to the tables it will be found that something like these quantities 

 are required : 



Albuminoids. Starch. 



Miing-beans, 6 oz. furnish ... 1*362 ... 3*648 

 Bajra, 8 oz. furnish '832 ... 6-328 



2-194 ... 9-976 



These form practically the ration required. But there is an 

 insufficient amount of oil in this dietary ; adding & ounce of oil, 

 we shall have to withdraw 2 ounces of bajra and to increase the 

 miing by y z ounce. The figures become : 



Albuminoids. Starch. 



Miing-beans, 6^ oz. furnish ... 1*587 ... 4*276 



Bajra, 6 oz. furnish ... ... '520 ... 3*955 



y^ oz. Oil equal to nil ... 1*725 



2-107 9'95 6 



So far we have been considering dietaries belonging to the 

 lowest or bare-sustenance scale ; the scales for moderate work and 

 heavy work have now to be similarly discussed. 



