Relative Value of Food (Beef Par)

Oysters, 22; milk, 24; lobsters, 50; cream, 56; codfish, 68; eggs, 72; turbot, 84; mutton, 87; venison, 89; veal, 92; fowl, 94; herring, 100; beef, 100; duck, 104; salmon, 108; pork, 116; butter, 124; cheese, 155.

Percentage Of Carbon In Food

Cabbage, 3: beer, 4; carrots, 5; milk 7; parsnips, 8; fish, 9; potatoes, 12; eggs, 16; beef, 27; bread, 27; cheese, 36; peas, 36; rice, 38; corn, 38; biscuit, 42; oatmeal, 42; sugar, 42; flour, 46; bacon, 54; cocoa, 69; butter, 79.

Foot-Tons Of Energy Per Ounce Of Food

Cabbage, 16; carrots, 20; milk, 24: ale, 30; potatoes, 38; porter, 42; beef, 55; egg, 57; ham, 65; bread. 83; egg (yolk). 127; sugar, 130; rice. 145; flour, 147; arrowroot, 151; oatmeal, 152; cheese, 168; butter, 281.

Loss Of Meat In Cooking

The Percentage Of Starch

In common grains is as follows, according to Prof. Yeomans: Rice flour, 84 to 85; Indian meal. 77 to 80; oatmeal, 70 to 80; wheat flour, 39 to 7?; barley flour, 67 to 70; rye flour, 50 to 61; buckwheat. 52; peas and beans. 42 to 43; potatoes, (75 per cent water), 13 to 15.

The Degrees Of Sugar

In various fruits are: Peach, 1.6; raspberry, 4.0; strawberry, 5.7. currant, 6.l; gooseberry, 7.2; apple, 7.9; mulberry, 9.2; pear, 9.4; cherry, 10.8; grape, 14.9.

Easy Of Digestion

Arrowroot, asparagus, cauliflower, baked apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, peaches.

Moderately Digestible

Apples, raspberries, bread, puddings, rhubarb, chocolate, coffee, porter.

Hard To Digest

Nuts, pears, plums, cherries, cucumbers, onions, carrots, parsnips.