"The theme might still further be elaborated, but the essential data for those interested in food economics can be obtained from the table itself. Wholesale prices are used for the reason that retail prices are subject to great variation. The fluctuation of retail prices does not make it feasible to give their equivalents for the wholesale list, but the relationship can be judged by noting the equivalents for the extremes. In this table, for example, the retail price of 2500 calories of rice would be about 13 cents as against 4 cents wholesale, and for shad about $1.50, retail as against 61 cents wholesale." CALORIES OF FOOD CONSUMED DAILY[F] [F] _Skandinavisches Archiv für Physiologie_ XXXI. Band. 1., 2 u. 3. Heft, Leipzig, Verlag Von Veit & Comp., 1914. The following table is derived from data produced by Becker and Hamalainen of the University of Helsingfors, Finland, from actual experiment with individuals alternately resting and working at their respective trades while in the "respiration calorimeter." --------------+----+---------+-----+-----------------+--------+--------- | | | | During | During | Total | | | | Rest | Work | Calories | | | +-----------------+--------+ per Day Occupation | Age| Height | Wgt.|Calories|Calories|Calories| (8 Hrs. | | Ft.-Ins.| Lbs.|per Hour|per Hour|per Hour| Work. | | | | |per Lb. | | 16 Hrs. | | | | |of Body | | Rest) | | | | |Weight | | --------------+----+---------+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------- MEN --------------+----+---------+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------- Shoemaker | 56 | 5-0 | 145 | 73 | .50 | 172 | 2544 Shoemaker | 30 | 5-8 | 143 | 87 | .60 | 171 | 2760 Tailor | 39 | 5-5 | 141 | 72 | .50 | 124 | 2144 Tailor | 46 | 5-10½ | 161 | 102 | .63 | 135 | 2712 Bookbinder | 19 | 6-0 | 150 | 87 | .58 | 164 | 2704 Bookbinder | 23 | 5-4½ | 143 | 85 | .59 | 163 | 2664 Metalworker | 34 | 5-4 | 139 | 81 | .58 | 216 | 3024 Metalworker | 27 | 5-5 | 130 | 99 | .76 | 219 | 3336 Painter | 25 | 5-11 | 154 | 104 | .67 | 231 | 3512 Painter | 27 | 5-8 | 147 | 111 | .79 | 230 | 3616 Joiner | 42 | 5-7 | 154 | 81 | .50 | 204 | 2928 Joiner | 24 | 5-5½ | 141 | 85 | .60 | 244 | 3312 Stone-worker | 27 | 5-11 | 156 | 90 | .57 | 408 | 4704 Stone-worker | 22 | 5-8 | 141 | 85 | .60 | 366 | 4288 Sawyer | 42 | 5-5 | 167 | 86 | .50 | 501 | 5384