A family equivalent to four men having little muscular exercise—­i.e., men with sedentary occupation—­would require but about 0.8 the quantities indicated in the following menus.  It would be very doubtful, however, if they would eat proportionally less of every food material.  It would, in fact, be more probable that the amounts of meat, fish, eggs, potatoes, and bread eaten would be reduced in a much greater proportion than fruit, pastry, coffee, etc.

PECUNIARY ECONOMY OF MILK AND OTHER FOODS.

Amounts of actual nutrients obtained in different food materials for 10 cts.

    Food Material. Lbs.  Oz.

Whole Milk, 10 cts. per qt.              2    0
"     "    8       "                   2    8
"     "    7       "                   2   14
"     "    6       "                   3    5
"     "    5       "                   4    0
"     "    4       "                   5    0
Skim    "    3       "                   6   11
Skim    "    2       "                  10    0
Butter, 24 cts. per lb.                  0    7
Cheese, 16       "                       0   10
Beef, round,  12 cts. per lb.            0   13
"  sirloin,  18      "                  0    9
Mutton, loin, 16      "                  0   10
Pork, salt    12      "                  0   13
Cod, salt     6       "                  1    9
Eggs, 22 cts. per doz.                   0   11
Oysters, 30 cts. per qt.                 0   11
Potatoes, 60 cts. per bushel            10    0
Beans, dried, 8 cts. per qt.             2    8
Wheat flour, 3 cts. per lb.              3    5

MENU I.—­For family equivalent to 4 men at moderate muscular work.

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|           |          |         |   Fuel
Food materials.       | Weight.   |   Cost.  | Protein.|  Value.
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|           |          |         |
Breakfast.                |Lbs.  Oz.   | Cents.   | Pounds. | Calories.
|           |          |         |
Bananas, 4 (or grapes,      |           |          |         |
1 pound)                  |  1  4     |    6-1/2 |    .009 |      362
Breakfast cereal            |     4     |\         | /  .031 |      421
Milk                        |     8     | >  3     |<   .016 |      162
Sugar                       |     1-1/ 2|/         | \   ... |      175
Veal cutlets                |  1  0     |   20     |    .200 |      775
Potatoes                    |  1  0     |    1-1/2 |    .018 |      325
Butter                      |     3     |    6     |     ... |      653
Rolls                       |    12     |    4     |    .077 |    1,148
Coffee                      |   ...     |    3-1/2 |    .010 |      410
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Total                   |           |   44-1/2 |    .361 |    4,431