on Cooking for the Poor. 535 



In these experiments, 1061 Ibs. 5 loths of water were 

 used to 1736 Ibs. of meal, which gives 61 Ibs. 4! loths 

 of water to 100 Ibs. of meal. But subsequent experi- 

 ments showed 56 Ibs. of water to be quite sufficient for 



100 Ibs. of the meal. 



These 1102 loaves, when baked, weighed at a me- 

 dium 2 Ibs. 5! loths each ; consequently, taken together, 

 they weighed 2393 Ibs. 13 loths. And, as they weighed 

 2755 Ibs. when they were put into the oven, they must 

 have lost 361 Ibs. 19 loths in being baked, which gives 



101 loths, equal to i 2 6 V, or nearly \ of its original weight 

 before it was baked, for the diminution of the weight of 

 each loaf. 



According to the standing regulations of the baking 

 business carried on in the bakehouse of the Military 

 Workhouse at Munich, for each 100 Ibs. of rye-meal 

 which the baker receives from the storekeeper he is 

 obliged to deliver 1 39 Ibs. of well-baked bread ; namely, 

 64 loaves, each weighing 2 Ibs. 5! loths. And as, in 

 the before-mentioned six experiments, 1736 Ibs. of meal 

 were used, it is evident that 1 1 1 1 loaves, instead of 1 102 

 loaves, ought to have been produced; for 100 Ibs. of 

 meal are to 64 loaves as 1736 Ibs. to mi loaves. 

 Hence it appears that 9 loaves less were produced in 

 these experiments than ought to have been produced. 



There were reasons to suspect that this was so con- 

 trived by the baker, with a design to get the number 

 of loaves he was obliged to deliver for each 100 Ibs. 

 of meal lessened; but in this attempt he did not 

 succeed. 



