NUTS AS FOOD, 



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AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENTS FURNISHED FOR 10 CKNTS IN NUTS AT 

 ORDINARY PRICES. 



Nuts as purcliaseil. 



Ten Cents will Fay foe- 



Nutrients. 



C OS 



wo 





Almonds 



Brazil nuts . . . . 



Filberts 



Hickory-nuts a 



Pecans 



Walnuts 



Chestnuts b . ... 



Peanuts c 



Peanuts d 



Wheat flour 



Cents. 

 15 

 12 

 15 



9 

 15 

 15 



8.4 



7. .3 

 14.6 



3.0 



Lbs. 

 .23 

 .42 

 .32 

 .42 

 .33 

 .28 

 1.00 

 1.01 

 .50 



Lbs. 

 .21 



.38 

 .30 

 40 

 32 

 27 

 62 

 89 

 44 



Lbs. 

 .05 

 .07 

 .03 

 .07 

 .04 

 .05 

 .07 

 .28 

 .14 

 .43 



Lbs. 

 .12 

 .28 

 .21 

 .28 

 .28 

 .18 

 .08 

 .42 

 .21 

 .04 



Lbs. 

 .04 

 .03 

 .04 

 .05 

 .05 

 .04 

 .47 

 .19 

 .09 



2.41 



Calories. 

 675 

 1370 

 10.55 

 1405 

 1140 

 925 

 1340 

 2645 

 1320 

 5450 



a At 10 cents per quart, 488 grams. 



6 At 5 cents per guart, 270 grams. 



At 5 cents per quart, 22 pounds per bushel. 



f/At 10 cents per quart. 



DIGESTIBILITY. 



There are no reliable data regarding the digestibility of nuts. 

 The belief in their indigestibility seems to be widespread and 

 perhaps has some basis in fact. It is quite probable that if the 

 nuts were properly prepared and eaten at proper times, much 

 of this prejudice would disappear. Our present practice of 

 munching them at odd hours, or as a dessert, when sufficient 

 food has been taken to meet the requirements of the body, over- 

 taxes the digestive organs and places the nut under a reproach 

 that is at least in part undeserved. 



Preparation and Use of Nut Foods. 

 This subject can be treated here in only a very general way. 

 The first difficulty to be encountered is the removal of the shell. 

 With the peanut this is easily accomplished. With many of our 



