This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
Of 100 parts of wheat flour "Boussingault's scale of nutritive equivalents" shows how many parts of other foods it takes to equal the same. Thus:
Name of Food. | Number of Put. |
Turnips................. | 1,335 |
Whiete Cabbage......... | 810 |
Carrots................. | 777 |
Potatoes................ | 313 |
Barley................. | 177 |
Maize.................. | 130 |
Barley................. | 130 |
Barley Meal............. | 119 |
Oats................... | 117 |
Rye........ | 111 |
Buckwheat.............. | 108 |
Wheat....... | 107 |
Wheat Flour... | 100 |
Peas........ | 67 |
Beans.................. | 44 |
 
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