Quotation from: General ScienceWritten by: Bertha M. Clark |
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FOOD CONSUMED--ONE WEEK |===========================|=======================================| | FAMILY No. 1 | || FAMILY No. 2 | |---------------------------|---------------------------------------| |20 loaves of bread | $1.00 ||15 lb. flour, bread | |10 to 12 lb. loin steak | || home made (skim milk used) | $.45 | or meat of similar cost | 2.00 ||Yeast, shortening, and | |20 to 25 lb. rib roast | || skim milk | .10 | or similar meat | 4.40 ||10 lb. steak (round, Hamburger| |4 lb. high-priced cereal | || and some loin) | 1.50 | breakfast food, 20c | .80 ||10 lb. other meats, boiling | |Cake and pastry purchased | 3.00 || pieces, rump roast, etc. | 1.00 |8 lb. butter, 30c | 2.40 || 5 lb. cheese, 16c | .80 |Tea, coffee, spices, etc. | .75 || 5 lb. oatmeal (bulk) | .15 |Mushrooms | .75 || 5 lb. beans | .25 |Celery | 1.00 ||Home-made cake and pastry | 1.00 |Oranges | 2.00 || 6 lb. butter, 30c | 1.80 |Potatoes | .25 || 3 lb. home-made shortening | .25 |Miscellaneous canned goods | 2.00 ||Tea, coffee, and spices | .40 |Milk | .50 ||Apples | .50 |Miscellaneous foods | 2.00 ||Prunes | .25 |3 doz. eggs | .60 ||Potatoes | .25 | |-------||Milk | 1.00 | |$23.45 ||Miscellaneous foods | 1.00 | | || 3 doz. eggs | .60 | | || -|----- | | || $|11.30 | -----------------------|-----------------------------------------|--- | -----------------------|-----------------------------------------|---
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