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Aweek's Food Supply

NUMBER OF 100-CALORIE PORTIONS IN FOODS AS PURCHASED. ½per lb.

Celery; cucumbers; lettuce; melons; rhubarb. 1 per lb.

Asparagus, cabbage,cauliflower, lemons, spinach, squash, tomatoes, turnips. 1½per lb.

Beans, string, beets, carrots, corn, oranges: peaches, pineapple. 2 per lb.

Apples, beans, lima; onions, pears; peas; berries, average: fish, fresh, lean (bass, perch, etc.); chicken broilers. 3 per lb.

Bananas, grapes; plums, potatoes, white; cod, salt, shad. 3 per qt.

Skimmed milk. same. 4 per qt.

Oysters. 4 per lb.

Potatoes. sweet. 5 per lb.

Cheese, cottage, liver:

Shrimps, tongue. 6 per lb.

Eggs; veal, average. 6 per qt.

Milk, whole. 7 per lb.

Beef, round, beef... dried, fowl, salmon. 8 per lb.

Walnuts, California. 9 per lb.

Beef, sirloin; pork, tenderloin; sardines, canned. 9 per doz Eggs. 9 per pt.

Cream. 10 per 1b.

Beef, average; lamb,average. 10 per doz.

Oranges. (8oz.Size.) 11 per lb.

Prunes, mackerel, salt, bread. 11 per doz.

Bananas. (5 oz.size.) 13 per lb.

Apples, dried, apricots, lamb chops; pork chops; honey: molasses. 14 per lb.

Dates:, figs; raisins; beef ribs; sirup, heavy.

Prices change and tastes differ. but the above values remain the By means of them the cost per 100-calorie portion of any food, any group of foods, or any food supply. can be estimated at any time. 15 per lb.

Beans, dried, ham. 16 per lb.

Almonds: breakfast foods, (dry weight); flour, macaroni, meal; peas, dried; rice. 17 per lb.

Average candy. 18 per lb.

Crackers; peanuts; sugar. 19 per ib.

Cheese. 22 per lb.

Cocoa. 26 per lb.

Bacon; pork, salt. 27 per lb.

Chocolate; peanut butter. 33 per lb.

Butter, other table fats. 40 per lb.

Oil; lard, and other rendered fats.

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