Lima Bean Soup
    Baked Potato with Cream Sauce
    Scalloped Vegetable Oysters
    Graham Grits
    Whole-Wheat Bread
    Whole-Wheat Wafers, Toasted
    Canned Cherries
    Citron Apples with Whipped Cream
    Cream
    Hot Milk

Cost: One and one fourth lbs.  Lima beans, 9c.; one half peck of potatoes, 12c.; one lb.  Graham grits, 5c.; 1 loaf whole-wheat bread, 10c.; 2-1/4 lbs. whole-wheat wafers, 23c.; canned cherries, 25c.; apples and citron, 10c.; 3 bunches vegetable oysters, 15c.; cream (1 cup for the soup, one for the cream sauce, and one for whipped cream, beside three and one fourth pints for individual use), 50c.; flour and sugar for cooking, 10c.

    Total, $1.69—­a little less than ten cents each.

    BREAKFAST NO. 2

    Bananas
    Oatmeal
    Gravy Toast
    Graham Gems
    Toasted Wafers
    Apple Sauce
    Cream
    Hot Milk

Cost:
1 1/2 doz. bananas, 45c.;
toast, 15c.;
cream for gravy, 5c.;
material for gems (Graham flour, milk,
and a small portion of cream), 8c.;
apple sauce, 10c.;
wafers, 20c.;
cream for individual use, 30c.;
sugar, 5c.

Total, $1.46, or a trifle more than 8 cents apiece.

DINNER NO. 2

    Tomato and Macaroni Soup
    Boiled Potato with Gravy
    Mashed Peas
    Pearl Barley with Raisins
    Whole-Wheat Bread
    Toasted Wafers
    Canned Berries
    Apple Tapioca with Cream
    Cream
    Hot Milk

Cost: For the soup was required two cans of tomatoes at 10c. each, 2 oz. macaroni at 15c. per lb., and one cup of cream, 27c.; 1/2 peck of potatoes, 12c.; 1 1/2 lbs. peas, 6c.; 1 lb. pearl barley, 5c.; 1/3 lb. raisins, 5c.; 1/2 lb. tapioca, 3c.; apples, 20c.; cream, 50c.; canned fruit, 25c.; flour and sugar, 4c.

    Total, $1.70—­ten cents apiece for each member of the household.

The following bills of fare were used by an Iowa family of six persons.  The prices given were those current in that locality in the month of March.

    BREAKFAST

    Apples
    Rolled Oats
    Tomato Toast
    Toasted Wafers
    Graham Gems
    Patent Flour Bread
    Dried Apple Sauce
    Cream
    Hot Milk

Cost: One sixth peck of apples, 3 1/3c.; one third lb. rolled oats, 1 2/3c.; three fourths lb. whole-wheat wafers, 7 1/2c.; one half can tomatoes, 5c.; bread for table and for toast, 10c.; material for gems, 3 1/2c.; dried apples, 6c.; sugar, 2c.; cream and milk, 15c.

    Average cost for each person, 9 1/2 cents.

    DINNER

    Canned Corn Soup with Croutons
    Scalloped Tomato
    Parsnip with Egg Sauce
    Graham Mush
    Buns
    Whole-Wheat Bread
    Cup Custard
    Cream
    Hot Milk