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Weight and cost of j rticles of food—continued. 
Weight : 
Name of food. in Ibs. Price per Ib. Cost. 
required. 
8. . a. & d& 
Ae ne boiled, 3001 ee! 4 6 
Mac 3:124 0 8 21 
hits n 6369 i 9 4 
nite of egg, 8-745 0 6 4 44 
Hard-bolled cus, «6. sina i5 a0 Gane a 2°209 0 6} 24 
Isinglass, 1377 16 0 2 OF 
Milles oe. concer ae ste aaa ens 8:021 5d. per quart. 34 
BETOIS; 5 5 Shee Se 9°685 0 18 Lee 
Cabbage, 12-020 01 1 of 
Cocoa-nibs, 0-735 Li 6 de Te 
Butter, 06938 1:6 1. 0+ 
eef fat 0-555 0 10 0 54 
Cod-liver bis. Uline tase 0°553 3 6 1 113 
senile ae 1-505 0 6 Saee 
Com ax ay grape sugar ob ests sey CaS v3 1537 0 3t 0 54 
Hees pein ale (bottled), : 9 bottles. 0 10 Cie 
Guinness’s stout, 6=* 0 10 5 It 
Weight of various anes of band te sooty to sustain ou gota and circulation 
in the body of an average man during 24 hou 
Name of food, | Weight in oz. |] Name of food. freight in oz. 
Cheshire cheese ba DINE 5 Cosi n «een ant 168 
es 13-4 hitd:of @0pi tes ese es 23-1 
Apples, 20-7 ae pees egg, PE nr ey 5-8 
Oatmeal, 3-4 36 
Flour, 35 iL 21-2 
Pe Peaish eles ae 35 Sarrots, 25°6 
Ground rice, 3-6 labhapey soc ce cc wees « 31-8 
ALPOWrOOb Gos ii baxaee os 34 ONCOE ADSI O57 + Veeeien ce 
Bread, 6'4 Sutter, 13 
deals Deel, = toss ce eee 9-3 | Cod-liver oil 15 
veal cs ss vataneas 114 | Lump sugar, 3-9 
“ rai boilédjis .a2 asx We ——— grape sugar,.. 40 
Mackere 8-3 
These results a are in many instances fully borne out by expe- 
rience. The food of the agricultural laborers in Lancashire 
contains a large proportion of fat. Besides the very fat bacon 
which constitutes their animal food proper, they consume large 
quantities of i -called apple dumplings, the chief portion of which 
consists of paste in which dripping and suet are Jarge ingredi- 
ents, in fact cians dumplings frequently contain no fruit at all. 
gg dnd bacon pies and potato pies are also very common piéces” 
de résistance during harvest-time, and whenever very hard work 
is required from the men. The speaker well remembers beir 
ee ee ee 
. 
ible Dr. Poasd states that the Chamois hunters 
Switzerland are accustomed, when starting on long 
