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essentials of a plain but hearty meal. This is somewhat  similar to the pemmican ration used in the British army.
Ten pounds of onions, carrots, potatoes, turnips, cabbage or any other vegetable are, by the condensing process, crowded into one-pound cans, and for soup-making
purposes are said to be excellent.
The man who counts upon being a millionaire through
his scheme does not expect to do anything this season, as the time for leaving for the Klondike is practically over.
He expects, however, to be in shape to launch his project early next spring, when the first steamer sails and when the food supply in the mining district is practically exhausted.
The question as to what supplies are necessary to be
.taken in by those preparing to go to the Yukon is one over which there has been considerable discussion. The
estimates made by some of the most experienced miners
has been considered by others equally experienced as entirely too large. It has been suggested that the emergency ration as adopted in the United States army, supplemented possibly by some dried fruits and desiccated vegetables, would be a very good guide in treating on this subject.
The emergency ration as adopted for the United States
army is composed as follows: Bacon, Io ounces; hard bread, i6 ounces; pea*meal, 4 ounces, or an equivalent in approved material for making soup, coffee, roasted and ground, 2 ounces; or tea, i ounce; saccharine, 4 grains; salt, 64-IOO ounce; pepper, 4-IOO ounce; tobacco, i ounce.
For use the bacon is wrapped in tough paraffine paper.
The hard bread is inclosed in air and grease-proof cartons; the pea meal prepared in cylindrical packages and
the other components in suitable packages.
The ration is not intended for continuous use, but sole''.. --- -..                      '