Commodity	Unit	"Price Aug.15 1939(cents)"	Edible Weight per $1.00 (grams)	"Calories (1000)"	Protein(grams)	Calcium(grams)	Iron(mg.)	"Vitamin A(1000 I.U)"	Thiamine(mg.)	Riboflavin(mg.)	Niacin(mg.)	Asorbic Acid (mg.)
1. Wheat Flour (Enriched)	10 lb.	36	"12600"	44.7	"1411"	2	365		55.4	33.3	441	
2. Macaroni	1 lb.	14.1	"3217"	11.6	418	0.7	54		3.2	1.9	68	
3. Wheat Cereal (Enriched)	28 oz.	24.2	"3280"	11.8	377	14.4	175		14.4	8.8	114	
4. Corn Flakes	8 oz.	7.1	"3194"	11.4	252	0.1	56		13.5	2.3	68	
5. Corn Meal	1 lb.	4.6	"9861"	36	897	1.7	99	30.9	17.4	7.9	106	
6. Hominy Grits	24 oz.	8.5	"8005"	28.6	680	0.8	80		10.6	1.6	110	
7. Rice	1 lb. 	7.5	"6048"	21.2	460	0.6	41		2	4.8	60	
8. Rolled Oats	1 lb. 	7.1	"6389"	25.3	907	5.1	341		37.1	8.9	64	
9. White Bread (Enriched)	1 lb. 	7.9	"5742"	15	488	2.5	115		13.8	8.5	126	
10. Whole Wheat Bread	1 lb. 	9.1	"4985"	12.2	484	2.7	125		13.9	6.4	160	
11. Rye Bread	1 lb. 	9.2	"4930"	12.4	439	1.1	82		9.9	3	66	
12. Pound Cake	1 lb. 	24.8	"1829"	8	130	0.4	31	18.9	2.8	3	17	
13. Soda Crackers	1 lb. 	15.1	"3004"	12.5	288	0.5	50					
14. Milk	1 qt.	11	"8867"	6.1	310	10.5	18	16.8	4	16	7	177
15. Evaporated Milk (can)	14.5 oz.	6.7	"6035"	8.4	422	15.1	9	26	3	23.5	11	60
16. Butters	1 lb. 	30.8	"1473"	10.8	9	0.2	3	44.2		0.2	2	
17. Oleomargarine	1 lb. 	16.1	"2817"	20.6	17	0.6	6	55.8	0.2			
18. Eggs	1 doz.	32.6	"1857"	2.9	238	1	52	18.6	2.8	6.5	1	
19. Cheese (Cheddar)	1 lb. 	24.2	"1874"	7.4	448	16.4	19	28.1	0.8	10.3	4	
20. Cream	0.5 pt.	14.1	"1689"	3.5	49	1.7	3	16.9	0.6	2.5		17
21. Peanut Butter	1 lb.	17.9	"2534"	15.7	661	1	48		9.6	8.1	471	
22. Mayonnaise	0.5 pt.	16.7	"1198"	8.6	18	0.2	8	2.7	0.4	0.5		
23. Crisco	1 lb.	20.3	"2234"	20.1								
24. Lard	1 lb.	9.8	"4628"	41.7				0.2		0.5	5	
25. Sirloin Steak	1 lb.	39.6	"1145"	2.9	166	0.1	34	0.2	2.1	2.9	69	
26. Round Steak	1 lb.	36.4	"1246"	2.2	214	0.1	32	0.4	2.5	2.4	87	
27. Rib Roast	1 lb.	29.2	"1553"	3.4	213	0.1	33			2		
28. Chuck Roast	1 lb.	22.6	"2007"	3.6	309	0.2	46	0.4	1	4	120	
29. Plate	1 lb.	14.6	"3107"	8.5	404	0.2	62		0.9			
30. Liver (Beef)	1 lb.	26.8	"1692"	2.2	333	0.2	139	169.2	6.4	50.8	316	525
31. Leg of Lamb	1 lb.	27.6	"1643"	3.1	245	0.1	20		2.8	3.9	86	
32. Lamb Chops	1 lb.	36.6	"1239"	3.3	140	0.1	15		1.7	2.7	54	
33. Pork Chops	1 lb.	30.7	"1477"	3.5	196	0.2	30		17.4	2.7	60	
34. Pork Loin Roast	1 lb.	24.2	"1874"	4.4	249	0.3	37		18.2	3.6	79	
35. Bacon	1 lb.	25.6	"1772"	10.4	152	0.2	23		1.8	1.8	71	
36. Ham-smoked	1 lb.	27.4	"1655"	6.7	212	0.2	31		9.9	3.3	50	
37. Salt Pork	1 lb.	16	"2835"	18.8	164	0.1	26		1.4	1.8		
38. Roasting Chicken 	1 lb.	30.3	"1497"	1.8	184	0.1	30	0.1	0.9	1.8	68	46
39. Veal Cutlets	1 lb.	42.3	"1072"	1.7	156	0.1	24		1.4	2.4	57	
40. Salmon Pink (can)	16 oz.	13	"3489"	5.8	705	6.8	45	3.5	1	4.9	209	
41. Apples	1 lb.	4.4	"9072"	5.8	27	0.5	36	7.3	3.6	2.7	5	544
42. Bananas	1 lb.	6.1	"4982"	4.9	60	0.4	30	17.4	2.5	3.5	28	498
43. Lemons	1 doz.	26	"2380"	1	21	0.5	14		0.5		4	952
44. Oranges	1 doz.	30.9	"4430"	2.2	40	1.1	18	11.1	3.6	1.3	10	"1998"
45. Green Beans	1 lb.	7.1	"5750"	2.4	138	3.7	80	69	4.3	5.8	37	862
46. Cabbage	1 lb.	3.7	"8949"	2.6	125	4	36	7.2	9	4.5	26	"5369"
47. Carrots	1 bunch	4.7	"6080"	2.7	73	2.8	43	188.5	6.1	4.3	89	608
48. Celery	1 stalk	7.3	"3915"	0.9	51	3	23	0.9	1.4	1.4	9	313
49. Lettuce	1 head	8.2	"2247"	0.4	27	1.1	22	112.4	1.8	3.4	11	449
50. Onions 	1 lb.	3.6	"11844"	5.8	166	3.8	59	16.6	4.7	5.9	21	"1184"
51. Potatoes	15 lb.	34	"16810"	14.3	336	1.8	118	6.7	29.4	7.1	198	"2522"
52. Spinach 	1 lb.	8.1	"4592"	1.1	106		138	918.4	5.7	13.8	33	"2755"
53. Sweet Potatoes	1 lb.	5.1	"7649"	9.6	138	2.7	54	290.7	8.4	5.4	83	"1912"
54. Peaches (can)	No.2.5	16.8	"4894"	3.7	20	0.4	10	21.5	0.5	1	31	196
55. Pears (can)	No.2.5	20.4	"4030"	3	8	0.3	8	0.8	0.8	0.8	5	81
56. Pineapple (can)	No.2.5	21.3	"3993"	2.4	16	0.4	8	2	2.8	0.8	7	399
57. Asparagus (can)	No.2	27.7	"1945"	0.4	33	0.3	12	16.3	1.4	2.1	17	272
58. Green Beans (can)	No.2	10	"5386"	1	54	2	65	53.9	1.6	4.3	32	431
59. Pork and Beans (can)	16 oz.	7.1	"6389"	7.5	364	4	134	3.5	8.3	7.7	56	
60. Corn (can)	No.2	10.4	"5452"	5.2	136	0.2	16	12	1.6	2.7	42	218
61. Peas (can)	No.2	13.8	"4109"	2.3	136	0.6	45	34.9	4.9	2.5	37	370
62. Tomatoes (can)	No.2	8.6	"6263"	1.3	63	0.7	38	53.2	3.4	2.5	36	"1253"
63. Tomato Soup (can)	10.5 oz.	7.6	"3917"	1.6	71	0.6	43	57.9	3.5	2.4	67	862
64. Peaches Dried	1 lb.	15.7	"2889"	8.5	87	1.7	173	86.8	1.2	4.3	55	57
65. Prunes Dried	1 lb.	9	"4284"	12.8	99	2.5	154	85.7	3.9	4.3	65	257
66. Raisins Dried	15 oz.	9.4	"4524"	13.5	104	2.5	136	4.5	6.3	1.4	24	136
67. Peas Dried	1 lb.	7.9	"5742"	20	1367	4.2	345	2.9	28.7	18.4	162	
68. Lima Beans Dried	1 lb.	8.9	"5097"	17.4	1055	3.7	459	5.1	26.9	38.2	93	
69. Navy Beans Dried	1 lb.	5.9	"7688"	26.9	1691	11.4	792		38.4	24.6	217	
70. Coffee	1 lb.	22.4	"2025"						4	5.1	50	
71. Tea	0.25 lb.	17.4	652							2.3	42	
72. Cocoa	8 oz.	8.6	"2657"	8.7	237	3	72		2	11.9	40	
73. Chocolate	8 oz.	16.2	"1400"	8	77	1.3	39		0.9	3.4	14	
74. Sugar	10 lb.	51.2	"8773"	34.9								
75. Corn Sirup	24 oz.	13.7	"4966"	14.7		0.5	74				5	
76. Molasses	18 oz.	13.6	"3752"	9		10.3	244		1.9	7.5	146	
77. Strawberry Preserves 	1 lb.	20.5	"2213"	6.4	11	0.4	7	0.2	0.2	0.4	3	
Daily allowance				3	70	0.8	12	5	1.8	2.7	18	75
												
												
