Digestibility of Food.
| Article of Food. | Condition. | Hours Required. | Article of Food. | Condition. | Hours Required. |
| Rice | Boiled | 1.00 | Soup, chicken | Boiled | 3.00 |
| Eggs, whipped | Raw | 1.30 | Apple dumpling | " | 3.00 |
| Trout, salmon, fresh | Boiled | 1.30 | Fresh oysters | Roasted | 3.15 |
| Apples, sweet and mellow | Raw | 1.30 | Pork steak | Broiled | 3.15 |
| Venison steak | Broiled | 1.35 | Fresh mutton | Roasted | 3.15 |
| Tapioca | Boiled | 2.00 | Corn bread | Baked | 3.15 |
| Barley | " | 2.00 | Carrots | Boiled | 3.15 |
| Milk | " | 2.00 | Fresh sausage | Broiled | 3.20 |
| Bullock's liver, fresh | Broiled | 2.00 | Fresh flounder | Fried | 3.30 |
| Fresh eggs | Raw | 2.00 | Fresh catfish | " | 3.30 |
| Codfish, cured and dry | Boiled | 2.00 | Fresh oysters | Stewed | 3.30 |
| Milk | Raw | 2.15 | Butter | Melted | 3.30 |
| Wild turkey | Roasted | 2.15 | Old, strong cheese | Raw | 3.30 |
| Domestic turkey | " | 2.30 | Mutton soup | Boiled | 3.30 |
| Goose | " | 2.30 | Oyster soup | " | 3.30 |
| Sucking pig | " | 2.30 | Fresh wheat bread | Baked | 3.30 |
| Fresh lamb | Broiled | 2.30 | Flat turnips | Boiled | 3.30 |
| Hash, meat and vegetables | Warmed | 2.30 | Irish potatoes | " | 3.30 |
| Beans and pod | Boiled | 2.30 | Fresh eggs | Hard boiled | 3.30 |
| Parsnips | " | 2.30 | " " | Fried | 3.30 |
| Irish potatoes | Roasted | 2.30 | Green corn and beans | Boiled | 3.45 |
| Chicken | Fricassee | 2.45 | Beets | " | 3.45 |
| Custard | Baked | 2.45 | Fresh, lean beef | Fried | 4.00 |
| Salt beef | Boiled | 2.45 | Fresh veal | Broiled | 4.00 |
| Sour and hard apples | Raw | 2.50 | Domestic fowls | Roasted | 4.00 |
| Fresh oysters | " | 2.55 | Ducks | " | 4.00 |
| Fresh eggs | Soft boiled | 3.00 | Beef soup, vegetables and bread | Boiled | 4.00 |
| Beef, fresh, lean and rare | Roasted | 3.00 | Pork, recently salted | " | 4.30 |
| Beef steak | Broiled | 3.00 | Fresh veal | Fried | 4.30 |
| Pork, recently salted | Stewed | 3.00 | Cabbage, with vinegar | Boiled | 4.30 |
| Fresh mutton | Boiled | 3.00 | Pork, fat and lean | Roasted | 5.30 |
| Soup, beans | " | 3.00 |