438 



Of Food. 



and, though the process of cooking lasted two hours 

 and forty-five minutes, only 27I- lbs. of fire-wood were 

 comsum-ed. 



On the 2ist of June, the same quantity of soup and 

 meat, and 7 lbs. of bread dumplings, in all 2^3 lbs. 22 loths 

 of food, were prepared in two hours and thirty minutes, 

 with the consumption of 1 82^ lbs. of wood. 



On the 2 2d of June, 15 lbs. of soup, and 10 lbs. 

 of meat dumplings, in all 25 lbs. of food, were cooked 

 in two hours and forty-five minutes ; and the wood 

 consumed was 18 lbs. 10 loths. 



The following table will show, in a striking and 

 satisfactory manner, the expense of fuel in these experi- 

 ments : — 



The mean quantity of food prepared daily in five 

 days being 22 lbs. very nearly, and the mean quantity 

 of fire-wood consumed being 2O2V lbs., this gives \\ lb. 

 of wood for each pound of food. 



But it has been found by actual experiment, made 

 with the utmost care in the new kitchen of the House 

 of Industry at Munich, and often repeated, that 600 lbs. 

 of food (of the soup No. I. given to the poor) may be 



