34 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 22. — Diet without fresh meat. 
Foodstuff. 
Weight. 
Proteins. 
Fats. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
Ounces. 
16 
2 
4 
8 
3 
2 
13 
8 
1.3 
0.5 
2 
2 
0.4 
Ounces. 
2.128 
.166 
.900 
.592 
.776 
.028 
.182 
.144 
.027 
Ounces. 
0.240 
.012 
.072 
5.320 
1.010 
.006 
.026 
.008 
Ounces. 
11.632 
1.580 
2.384 
.072 
.178 
.624 
1.173 
.933 
.500 
2,000 
1.400 
Coffee 
Solids 
62.2 
4.943 
560 
8.694 
2, 21S 
20. 476 
2,322 
Nutritive ratio, 1:8.3. 
Breakfast : 
"White or Graham biscuit. 
Oatmeal, hominy, or corn meal (boiled or fried). 
Fried pork, 4 ounces. 
Molasses, 2 ounces. 
Sugar, one-half ounce with coffee. 
Coffee (1 cup), two-fifths ounce. 
Dinner: 
Boiled cabbage, or other vegetable, 13 ounces. 
Boiled salt pork, 4 ounces (cooked with vegetables) 
White or Graham biscuit. 
Supper: 
Dry stewed beans, mashed, 4 ounces 
Grated cheese, 3 ounces. 
Bread crumbs, 3 ounces. 
Grated onion, 2 ounces. 
Baked potatoes, 8 ounces. 
Stewed fruit. 
White or Graham biscuit. 
Mix together, roll into loaf, 
oven. 
Bake in 
It was found necessary, in the course of the experiment, to make 
a few minor changes in the ration to suit the taste of the men, but 
in the main the tables were followed as designed. Table 23 shows 
the weight of the various items of food actually issued from January 
10 to August 22, inclusive, the composition of the various foods and 
the food value consumed during the 6 months in calories per man 
per day. 
