102 MAINS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION". I9OI. 



The samples of concentrated foods were all received through 

 the Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Capt. E. L. Mjunson, surgeon of the U. S. Army. 

 was making investigations of concentrated foods on the market 

 with the especial purpose of studying their adaptability for army 

 purposes in the Tropics. As a result of his inquiry, he obtained 

 the samples herewith reported which were forwarded here for 

 analysis. 



CONDENSED FOODS. WEIGHT OF PACKAGE AND 0ONTENT8. 









Weight of co>-te>ts. 



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6323 Ration Cartridge, Pea, Beef, etc 



6324 Blue Ration, Campaigning Food 



6325 Red Ration, Campaigning Food . . 



6326 Ration Cartridge, Potatoes, Beef, etc 



6*27 1 Emergency Ration 



6328 Emergency Ration 



6321 Nao Meat Food 



6322 Army Rations 



Grams Grams Grams Grams 



320 241 



6332 Standard Emergency Ration. . 



6333 Standard Emergency Ration 



6335 Arctic Food 



6334 Tanty Emergency Ration 



6341 F-A Food Company's Stew 



6407 Toril Beef Tea Broken 



6406 Soson 



6325 rropon 



6429 Plasmon ! - 490 



6330 f ain-de jfuerre .. . 55 



340 



247 



274 



199 



382 



2-S 



330 



233 



3 IS 



248 



583 



437 



823 



661* 



540 



418t 



402 



315 



444 



422 



585 



475 



1151 



964 



pacKage 



Broken 

 package 

 245 







165 



78 



122 



77 



120 



113 



121 



127 



270 



45 



224 

 453 



* Excluding 26 grams bone. 



-Not including a tablet of tea, 18 grams, and two small boxes of pepper and 

 salt, 6 grams. 



