28 DEPARTMENT BULLETIN" 975, IT. S. DEPT. OE AGRICULTURE. 
Chart 34. One Pound of Coen Meal. 
(2§ cups.) 
One pound of corn meal supplies about 1,575 calories of energy, 42 grams 
(about 1| ounces) of protein, 0.08 gram of calcium, 0.9 gram of phosphorus, and 
4 milligrams of iron. It would furnish, therefore, 46 per cent of the energy 
a man needs daily, 42 per cent of the protein, 12 per cent of the calcium, .65 
per cent of the phosphorus, and 27 per cent of the iron. This is shown in the 
following chart : 
ENERGY 
PROTEIN 
CALCIUM 
PHOSPHORUS 
IRON 
46M 
42m 
12m 
6PM 
27TM 
ip 2p 30 + t O Jp *p TO 90 9f 
Chart 84.— Proportions of energy, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron needed per man 
per day furnished by 1 pound of corn meal. 
Chart 35. One Pound of Rice. 
(H cups.) 
One pound of rice supplies about 1,610 calories of energy, 36 grams (about 
li ounces) of protein, 0.04 gram of calcium, 0.4 gram of phosphorus, and 4 
milligrams of iron. It would furnish, therefore, 45 per cent of the energy a 
man needs daily, 36 per cent of the protein, 6 per cent of the calcium, 33 per 
cent of the phosphorus, and 27 per cent of the iron. This is shown in the 
following chart : 
ENERGY 
tfrfmtmam 
PROTEIN 
wmmm 
CALCIUM 
m 
PHOSPHORUS 
wJmmm 
IRON 
1 10 20 30 +o fo ao 70 go 90 
Chart 35.— Proportions of energy, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron needed per man 
per day furnished by 1 pound of rice. 
