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FOOTNOTES:

[165] Courtesy of Dr. Henry Sherman.

[166] The percentages of nutrients are taken from Bull. 28, Office of
Experiment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The fuel values
are calculated from these percentages by the use of the factors
explained in Chapter II, viz.--protein, 4 calories; fat, 9 calories;
carbohydrate, 4 calories per gram.

TABLE II[167]

ASH CONSTITUENTS OF FOODS IN PERCENTAGE OF THE EDIBLE PORTION
(Compiled from various sources)

KEY:
A Calcium (Ca)
B Magnesium (Mg)
C Potassium (K)
D Sodium (Na)
E Phosphorus (P)
F Chlorine (Cl)
G Sulphur (S)
H Iron (Fe)

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_Food_ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H
---------------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+------+-------
Almonds | .239 | .251 | .741 | .019 | .465 | .037 | .160 | .0039
Apples | .007 | .008 | .127 | .011 | .012 | .005 | .006 | .0003
dried | .032 | .037 | (.623)|(.050)| .048 | (.025)| ? |(.0015)
Apricots | .014 | .010 | .248 | .038 | .025 | .002 | .010 |(.0003)
dried |(.066)|(.047)|(1.157)|(.177)|(.117)| (.009)| ? |(.0014)
Asparagus | .025 | .011 | .196 | .007 | .039 | .039 | .041 | .0010
Bacon (See | | | | | | | |
Meat) | | | | | | | |
Bananas | .009 | .028 | .401 | .034 | .031 | .125 | .010 | .0006
Barley, entire | .043 | .141 | .477 | .076 | .400 | .016 | .153 | .0041
pearled | .020 |(.070)| (.241)|(.037)| .181 | (.016)|(.120)|(.0020)
Beans, dried | .160 | .156 | 1.229 | .097 | .471 | .032 | .215 | .0070
kidney, dry | .132 | .139 | 1.144 | .041 | .475 | .041 | .227 | .0072
Lima, dry | .071 | .188 | 1.741 | .249 | .338 | .026 | .161 | .0070
Lima, fresh | .028 |(.070)| (.613)|(.088)| .133 | (.009)|(.057)| .0020
string, fresh| .046 | .025 | .24 | .019 | .052 | .024 | .030 | .0011
Beef (See Meat)| | | | | | | |
Beer | .004 | .008 | .058 | .013 | .028 | .006 | .015 | .0001
Beets | .029 | .021 | .353 | .093 | .039 | .058 | .016 | .0006
Blackberries | .017 | .021 | .169 |(.007)| .034 | (.010)| .020 | .0006
Blood (avg.) | .008 | .004 | .075 | .261 | .031 |