Show L I I I 75 MEAT CHEAPER THAW THAN POTATOES On the islan do dot Madagascar l the square mile French possession lying some miles off the southeast coast of Africa Here public eating places often serve meals consisting of four I or five courses of meat meat and and I Ionly only two small potatoes One visitor says of a typical Madagascar Madagascar Indal 1 Mada Mada- gascar meal First there was fried calf's liver liver enough enough for or four persons then about a pound of chopped meat with egg next a very large ox tongue and fi finally Li- Li nally four man sized man sized slices of roast beef beer with two tiny pota iota toes Reason for this unusual all tha that meat situation situation situation sit sit- is that the island has less than five million population and andover over Ovel seven sc m million head of cattie cattle cattle cat cat- tle tie plus the fact that Madagascar's Madagascar's 1 cars car's hot climate makes the tile growing of crops almost sible Most l of the fresh vegetables vegetables vegetables bles used by the tile European residents residents residents resi resi- dents must be imported all nIl the way from rom France Franc Thanks Charles Govin Mt l Vernon N K Y c I |