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TABLE 38. 
STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 

Nutrients and potential energy in food purchased, rejected, and. 
eaten tn dietary of a farmer's family in Vermont. 




















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NUTRIENTS. J 
a 
Py : a 
Foop MarTERIALS. 3S “ ; 4% re 
Soe) Bo ee eee g 
i) 
For Family, rs\% Days. $ Grams. | Grams.| Grams. | Calories. 
Animal, 8.67 | 4307 | 10724) 2331 | 126950 
Food purchased and eaten, Vegetable 0 a pele 781 | 41644 | 196290 
| Total, - | 8.67 | 8767 | rrs0s 43975 | 323240 
Per Man per Day. | 
Animal, .09 44 109 24 1295 
T — 
Food purchased and eaten, Nees actet Besse : a 425 ade 
| 
aR nOtaL he 200 5 aan8y I17| 449 3295 
Percentages of Total Food Purchased. % % % % A 
Animal, —— | 49.1 93.2 53 39.3 
Food purchased and eaten, 4 MAND be ee O28 oad Be 
—— = 3 
Wy Bele the 5” GS eae taretess 100.0] I00.0 100.0 
ee ee ee eee 
No. 175. 
DIETARY OF A MAN IN THE ADIRONDACKS IN 
MIDWINTER. 
The study began January 25, 1896, and continued 30 days. Ninety meals 
were eaten, equivalent to one man 30 days. This study was carried on by a 
man 24 years of age, who is a consumptive and lives in the Adirondack region 
of Northern New York winter and summer. After boarding at hotels for sev- 
eral years he ‘‘ determined to rent a cottage and keep house for himself.” He 
planned to be out of doors several hours each day, though not engaged in mus- 
cular labor, and as the weather in winter was very cold, some times reaching 30° 
or 40° below zero Fahrenheit, this may in part account for the large amount of 
food eaten. The relative amount of animal food was much larger than is usu- 
ally the case. The weighings of food materials were made ‘‘on a pair of 
reliable steelyards.”” The figures given represent the amounts actually eaten. 
None of the materials were analyzed. The data as reported by the author bore 
marks of much care as well as understanding of the subject. 
