Ingredients
- a quart of milk in total nutrients
- a quart of standard milk weighing 34
- 4 per cent fat
- 5 per cent starch
- 7 per cent mineral matter
- 13 per cent total nutrients equal to 4
Directions
This table shows the quantities of various foods that are re- quired to equal a quart of milk in total nutrients.
A quart of standard milk weighing 34.4 ounces contains 3.3 per cent Proteid, 4 per cent Fat, 5 per cent Starch and Sugar, ;md 7 per cent Mineral matter, or 13 per cent Total Nutrients equal to 4.47 ounces.
Total Amount Net
nutrients, required. cost.
Kind of Food Per cent. Ounces. $
Beef, round, medium fat 32.1 13.9 $0.104
Oysters 1 1.7 38.2 .382
Codfish, boneless, dried _ 42.7 10.4 .065
Eggs at 20 cents per dozen 23.3 19.1 .172
Cheese, Cheddar 72.6 6.1 .061
Wheat, flour 87.2 5.1 .008
Macaroni 89.7 4.9 .046
Cornmeal, granular 87.5 5.1 .017
Potatoes at 60 cents per bushel 17.4 25.7 .016
Beans, navy, dried 87.4 5.1 .017
Cabbage 7.3 61.2 .076
Cauliflower 7.7 58.0 .276
Apples at $1.15 per bushel . ...11.4 39.2 .049
Bananas at 15 cents per dozen 16.1 27.7 .111
Prunes 66.0 6.8 .05 1