148 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
No. 4s. DIETARY OF A FARMER’S FAMILY IN CONNECTICUT. 
The study began the first part of December, 1894, and continued 7 days. 
The members of the family and number of meals taken were as follows: 
Farmer, 30 years old, at hard muscular work, - - - 21 meals. 
Hired man, 18 years old at hard muscular work, - . - Ig meals. 
Woman, 34 years old, at hard work (21 x.8), equivalent to 17 meals. 
Boy, 7 years old (17 x .5), equivalent to - - - - - 9 meals. 
Girl, 4 years old (21 x.4), equivalent to - - = TEV S 8 meals. 
Child (21 x .3), equivalent to - - - - : - 6 meals. 
Total number of meals taken equivalent to - - 80 meals. 
Equivalent to one man 27 days. 
Remarks,—There was no waste. The hired man “‘ always cleared the table.” 
TABLE 45. 
food Mater ‘tals and Table and Kitchen Wastes in Dietary of a 
Farmer s family 7m Connecticut. 



















PERCENTAGE CoMPoO- WEIGHT UsEp 
| SITION. ; 
| | ir Nutrients. 
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ANIMAL Foop. | % | % % Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
Beef. | | | 
Round steak, no bone (a), | 19.5 | 14.4| — 1,700jm) 332 245| — 
Pork. | 
Lardiat = E - oiiy te 100.0). =) th ara one Pf teml ER 
Poultry. 
Chicken, - i 2 eH Ase It; — 2;290| 339 25; — 
Bitter) o> ta eet ts | O2r4 ka 455| — 375: 
Milk (a), a : =m 3-5 | 4-8.) 4.3 19,000] gigas 387 
Total animal food, ait gee | ra eid bos 986 | 1,815 387 
VEGETABLE Foon. | 
Cereals, Sugar, Etc. | 
Flour, rye (a/, = - 6.3 .8 | 79.8] 4,080 257 33 3,256. 
Flour, wheat (a), - =1| “13.9 1.0 | 71.4 | 8,620 | 1,198 86 | 6,155 
Sugar, - : - eM) 100.0 52 040 — 2,040. 
Total, - - - - —_— | — = 104,740) 1 A56 IIg | 11,451 
Vegetables. | 
Cabbage (50 % refuse), - 7M i, 4 5.8 | 3,630 76 15 210. 
Potatoes (15 % refuse), - OM Td (18,0108, 005 eer a ed 
Pumpkin (50 % refuse), - 1.0 | oh 5.21 4,535 45 5 236 
Squash (50 % refuse), - 120 Ashes 4 ey 680 II 4 71 
Sweet potatoes(12%4 @ref.),| 1.8 f fa Re CE eo 57 22 860 
Turnips, - » - = 1.0.) I O14 4,765 48 5 290 
Totaly mit fy cose "te eaccea) eomad  ee eae 407 59 | 3,124 
fruits, Nuts, Etc. 
Apples (25 % refuse), a 5 5? fot Oe 13,260 66 66 1° 3 -2G8 
Total vegetable food, - | — — = 52, 880/ 1 928 244 | 16,7 
»776 
Total food, - = - — — oo |67, 063 | 2,914 | 2,059 | 17,163 


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