546 Account of Experiments 



General Results of the Experiment. 



The fuel used was Whitehaven coal ; the quantity, 

 17 pecks, weighing 450.} Ibs. 



The potatoes being mashed (without peeling them), 

 and the greens chopped fine with a sharp shovel, they 

 were mixed together, and 98 Ibs. of butter, 14 Ibs. of 

 onions boiled and chopped fine, 40 Ibs. of salt, i Ib. of 

 black pepper in powder, and Ib. of ginger being 

 added, and the whole well mixed together, this food 

 was served out in portions of i quart, or about 2 Ibs. 

 each, in wooden noggins, holding each i quart when 

 full. 



Each of these portions of calecannon (as this food 

 is called in Ireland) served one person for dinner and 

 supper; and each portion cost about 2^ pence, Irish 

 money, or it cost something less than one penny sterling 

 per pound. 



Twelve pence sterling make thirteen pence Irish. 



The expense (reckoned in Irish money) of preparing 

 this food was as follows : viz., 



*. d. 



Potatoes, 19 cwt, at 3-r. 6d. per cwt 3 6 6 



(N. B. They weighed no morethan 1615 Ibi. when picked and washed.') 



Greens, 26 flaskets, at lod. each i I 10 



Butter, 98 Ibs., at 72^. per cwt 3 3 o 



Onions, 14 Ibs., at 2s. per stone o 2 o 



Ginger, Ib o I 3 



Salt, 40 Ibs o I i 



Pepper, i Ib o i i 



Total cost of the ingredients ... 7 16 9 

 Expense for fuel, 17 pecks of coals, at I/. 3*. $d. per ton . 032^ 



Total . . . 7 19 \\\ 



With this kind of food there is no allowance of bread, 

 nor is any necessary. 



