on Cooking for the Poor. 535 



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

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

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

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

 100 lbs. of the meal. 



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

 dium 2 lbs. 52 loths each ; consequently, taken together, 

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

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

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

 1O2 loths, equal to iVo) 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 lbs. of rye-meal 

 which the baker receives from the storekeeper he is 

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

 64 loaves, each weighing 2 lbs. 52- loths. And as, in 

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

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

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

 meal are to 64 loaves as 1 736 lbs. 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 lbs. 

 of meal lessened; but in this attempt he did not 

 succeed. 



