To serve four thousand meals required solid food as follows: Flour and meal 603 pounds made into bread and pastry was, say 800 lbs Oatmeal and wheat 62 pounds made into mush was say...... 150 "

Rice, tapioca, starch, beans, 28 pounds made............... 85 "

Meat, fish and poultry........ 1213 "

Sugar........................ 276 "

Eggs......................... 170"

Butter and lard............... 247 "

Potatoes 960 pounds less 1/3 by paring...................... 640 "

Canned goods 121 average 2 pounds solid................ 242 "

Green vegetables and fruits, about___.................... 170 "

Sundries in grocery bill........ 234 "

Total...................... 4227 lbs

That is about 1 pound and 1/2 ounce to each person each meal. Discarding the fractions and leaving the 227 pounds to represent the waste left on the plates, we have one pound of solid food as the requirement for each person three times a day. We are dealing now with averages and these are examples of the average meals.

Average breakfast order:

Fruit or oatmeal........... 2 ounces

Beefsteak or chop......... 2 "

Ham and bacon.......... 1 "

Eggs or omelet, 2 eggs..... 3 "

Potatoes.................. 2 "

Roll, corn bread, toast___ 3 "

Sugar.................... 1 "

Butter.................... 1 "

Waffle or 2 cakes............ 2 "

Total.................... 17 ounces

And 1/2 pint of coffee or tea and the same of milk or water.

Average dinner order:

Soup 1/2 plate with crackers... 4 ozs

Fish with potato or bread..... 3 "

Roast meat, thin slice........ 11/2 "

Entree, stuffed chicken or veal 21/2 "

Vegetables 3 kinds........... 6 "

Pastry or ice cream.......... 3 "

Bread, butter, nuts, fruit...... 2 "

Total........................ 22 ozs

And a pint of milk or water.

A large proportion of the people never take soup in Summer and about as many do not order fish, but perhaps take more meat dishes and pastry, and a few make a meal principally of vegetables.

Average supper order:

Fruit or mush............ 2 ounces

Meat hot or cold......... 2 "

Roll and muffin.......... 3

Baked potato............ 3

Butter................... 1 "

Sugar................... 1 "

Cake.................... 1 "

Total.................... 13 ounces

And a pint of coffee, tea or milk.