A MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE SCIENTIFIC POULTRY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION LTD.

I. THE EGG, ITS FOOD VALUE and PLACE IN THE DIET OF THE NATION, by E. T. Halnan, M.A., of the School of Agriculture, Cambridge. The extent to which the egg can contribute to the daily diet of the human being may shortly be seen by comparing the marginal daily requirements of the average human being with the amounts of the various constituents contributed by one egg and its approximate price alternative food, i.e. 1/2 pint of milk. Composition of Diets Bacharach & Drummond: Marginal Amount of constituents in requirements for human being One egg 1/2 Pint Milk Calories 3000 74 205 Protein (total) (animal) 50g.