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Show A NUTRITION STUDY , 'THERE Is something interesting about the food ' upply budget for the average family, as worked out by experts at Clemson college a Figuririg that the average family consists of two adult and three children, the expert estimated esti-mated that during a year it would consume the following amounts of food: One hundred chickens, 1456 quarts of milk 2600 eggs, 260 pounds of butter, 650 pounds of fresh meat, 174 pounds of leafy Vegetables, 234 pounds of fresh tomatoes, 63 heads of lettuce 108 quarts of canned tomatoes, 303 pounds of other fresh vegetables, 130 pounds of canned vegetables. 10 bushels of potatoes. 20 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of corn, 12 bushels of freh fruit and 180 quarts of canned fruit It comes to a lot, when added up that way And when you contrast that list with what thousands thou-sands of families are actually getting it is seen Just how far short of dietary requirement gome of our depression menus are falling. The most tragic facta in this connection will be recorded in "ortslity figures years hence and will, in all likelihood, like-lihood, be carried on by the children of those who are Buffering from malnutrition today when they should be laying the foundations of robust . constitutions to fortify them for the burdens of their adult years. |