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Show Tlio New IVunoiiitce, VTlim Thouiaa Itobvrt Mililns an nniiucvd ulmut sevent) Qva ! agi lliat the lendenoy of n aura wua I r lb rvpnlttkn t" lucrcaso f later than tin world'a food aupplj, It waa w.t.pie.1 by roadera and tbiulers tu tie -ute-uientof a gnat new truth. S hunter waa aoiir and dlsagreenblo waa a) t to U nccepud eoventy llto )ara uto n, n gnat (mill, just Uoanw It w l rout tud illaogreenblo nnd therefi.ru k,ul fur luinkliul. Hut nuw comu tunie cheerful tihllosuphrrs and luforiu Ul tint wo mint rocoiistruot uur 1. n e Alt igellutr. Not only may tho fnoxl .up-lly .up-lly Inorenaa us fast oa too people, bu. II "lell law III. ir wlU And Kastlr Ih'UI eoltu It will Increase lenfoll fust r. This litlii dictum uf tlm new political economy. Wo ncctjit it with ihuka It la mora pleaaant thin to think tlu.l tho time will come whin manklnl will Isiobllgnl loillspow of superllilom hv blta Clilueso foehlon. Ono of the choeifnl imw phlloioplu ra la l'rofiajaor W. O. Atwater, who wr..j In Tho Ctntary. When tho Unllel fataleoli as highly oultlvalel as France amUIolliml now nre, a 500 aero fani will eupport from S"i) ta SOO persona In tend of CO nt most, he says. The capacity for tho lucre.no of tbe agricultural food apply Is simply limitless, wlitn ram-Llnd ram-Llnd leariit to I Unt a need and glto ll exactly tho chemical salta that it nee la for Itself. Wheat will grow lit water, oruennpon an rti halt pavement, provided pro-vided tlnsHi salts are thus furnished, just as a inin can eat his dinner slttiu.- don u an) where. Wo Americans eat too uiuch ftt ami ugar, the most wasteful aud cuall; at funds, till o aro absorbing so muili fat that wo aro in dingor of coining b loo! llko the pruw pampklni and prito cuttle At an Agricultural show. TbortmodyU to stop devo jrlng the carbohydrates 111 it male fat uud go to eating jrottln. Wo want prote.i, now noro than Anything thw. Wo find It lu lean imat and in vegetables conta'nlcg nitrogen, Lnt most at All In OA, Flab used to bethought to bo a soverolgu brain food. Now It la protein they give us, und oor fattened American systems aro crying for pro-Mat pro-Mat Very well, let It be jiroliln by all ineans. And tho fith that sup ly tu thla lito git Ing finxl can bo inoriaaed in num. iHrsliypUciculturo till ll e wutera produce pro-duce u hundred fold as ninth ua they do now. llut we eAt Iwloo na lunch nwat aa Is Rood for us nnyhota , w e Americans, Tho exhaustion of the sod w,icU has made trura wear out Uud Is produced pro-duced by tho taiing away fnun It of nltrogui, itsili and phusphorlo acid. Immense deiioaita of the two laltir aalu have U-enfuonl width will supply tin world. Nlirug.uiaiiboKloii luck to the earth by the growing of beans, ia, tl.otur And alfalfa. |