s and how to
prepare menus of variety. The quantity of swill soon reveals the worth of
the cook. In a large camp a hundred dollars may easily find its way into
the garbage can because of cheap cooks and poor food. A growing boy
demands relatively more of the tissue-building kind of food than a grown
person, because the body is being built up. When the full stature is
reached the tissue-building part of the food is only required to take the
place of that worn out each day. Professor Atwater has told us that the
boy of fifteen or sixteen requires ninety per cent of the food ration of
the adult man engaged in moderate muscular work. Boys at twelve require
seventy per cent.

Vegetables, fruits, cereals, bread, nuts and meats furnish the essentials.
Sugar and fat have only part of them. Coffee and tea have no food values
except for the milk and sugar added. They tend to check certain normal
secretion in the body and should not be used during growth.

Food Charts

The United States Department of Agriculture publishes a series of fifteen
food charts of exceptional value. Leaders and cooks will find them helpful
in providing and planning the food for the boys. Boys will be interested
in the information given and the attractive form of presentation. The set
costs $1.00. Send to Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. The
following table is a condensation of the facts given on the charts, and
will help in planning menus:

Prepared by C. F. LANGWORTHY.
Expert in charge of Nutrition Investigation.

Carbohy- Calories
Chart 1 Protein Fat drates Ash Water per
Whole milk 3.3 4.0 5.0 0.7 87.0 310
Skim milk 3.4 0.3 5.1 0.7 90.5 165
Buttermilk 3.0 0.5 4.8 0.7 91.0 160
Cream 2.5 18.5 4.5 2.5 74.0 865

Chart 2
Whole egg 14.8 10.5 --- 1.0 73.7 700
Egg white 13.0 0.2 --- 0.6 86.2 265
Egg yolk 16.1 33.3 --- 1.1 49.5 1608
Cream cheese 25.9 33.7 2.4 3.8 34.2 1950
Cottage cheese 20.9 1.0 4.3 1.8 72.0 510

Chart 3
(edible portion of)
Lamb chop 17.6 28.3 --- 1.0 53.1 1540
Pork 16.9 30.1 --- 1.0 52.0 1580
Smoked ham 16.1 38.8 --- 4.8 40.3 1940
Beefsteak 18.6 18.5 --- 1.0 61.9 1130
Dried beef 30.0 6.6 --- 9.1 54.3 840

Chart 4