128 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
No. 316.5 “DIETARY * OFA (COLLEGE “STUDENT Aa MIDDLE- 
TOWN, CONN. 
This is the dietary of a college student, about 21 years of age, who boarded 
himself during a summer vacation, and for three weeks made careful record of 
all the food materials he used. His food, which he bought each day as needed, 
consisted largely of materials already cooked or otherwise prepared for eating. 
The proportion of vegetable food in this dietary is larger than usual, which is 
explained partly by his personal preference and partly by the fact that such 
food is obtainable in large variety ready for use. A quart of milk was used 
each day. Canned meats were purchased rather than fresh, because they 
required no cooking. The subject was in good health, weighed about 160 
pounds at the beginning of the study, and gained slightly in weight during the 
study. He was engaged in mental work about eight hours a day, and rode 
from five to fifteen miles each day on his bicycle for exercise. The study is 
divided into three periods of one week each. 
TABLE I5. 
Cost and weights* of food materials used in dietary No. 316. 
[Quantities per man per day.] 










Foop MATERIALS. { | Cost. | Weight. Foop MATERIALS.{ | Cost.| Weight. 
Foop PURCHASED. $ |Lbs.| Oz. || FOOD PuRcHAsED. $ | Lbs.| Oz 
Animal Food. Vegetable Food ( Con.) 
Beef: Cake, jelly cin. - LO = 11075 
Steak, round, - -39| 2 | 2.5|| Cookies, - - .02} — | 6.0 
Roast, canned, - -42) 3] 4.0}| Cookies, fruit, ~ 02 | aoe 
Dried, smoked, - tS) > 1 7S) Cream: puns. - 202 ia ee 
Corned, canned, - .22) I | 9.0); Ginger snaps, - .08} — |12,0 
Pork: Lard, =- 2S Sere a rd Onn cr talons : as 05h = h8 8 
Fish: Salmon, canned, -35} I |14.0|| Sponge wafers, - LS ote one 
Eggs, = - A 254° 3) 0 Oi Pie: huckleberry, - Ae eet cal eps: 
Butter, - - Tid Groat holt sh esilemon aan. - sO8) ea 
Milk, - - Fok Dall) 40% 05511 oP te prune, ae - .I0;} I | — 
Milk, condensed, - 03-4 1060)4 toulgar ats - - , 301) Soret -o 
7 |>- ||| Beans, baked canned.) 95 guerre jes 
- Total animal food, | 3,26! 63 5]; Peas, canned, : O46 i gars 
Catsup, - - - 03) 4ea eo 
Apples,. - - =.) Soren of tah ey 
Vegetable Food. Pansies < F 15k? indies 
Oatmeal, - a de eS Oe ares are =p ete .08 14.0 
Rolls, - - - 46) 6 Lio Piams* se - Oe ee Vikan i 
Biscuity a: - - 25), Puta csi Prunes. - - » O44 ere iia eee 
Biscuit, shredded, - -40; 2 | 8.5/| Ginger ale, - - » LO rena re ay 
Bread; vip - - ye Dee Paks oe) - —— |—__ 
Crackers, milk, . -03]} — |.4.0 Total veg. food, - | 3,37] 41 14.5 
Cakes et oan | ia ean tal Seeceed food,-- | 6.63105 6.0 







* All weights, unless otherwise specified, are of the edible material free from bone, 
skin, etc. 
{ The percentage composition of all materials used in this dietary was taken from 
Bulletin 28, of the Office of Experiment Stations of the 'U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

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