580 



PHYSIOLOGY AT THE FARM. 



TABLE OP THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME PRINCIPAL ARTICLES 



OF FOOD. 



Explanation The column of " Heat and Fat givers " signifies I. , Starch ; 

 II. , Sugar; III., Fat or Oil. 



* 10 parts of fat are accounted e 

 10 : 24 : : 2.5 : 6, but 55.0 + 6 = 



ual to 24 of starch, hence, for example, in lentils, 

 61, set clown as the starch equivalent of lentils. 



