Show NO NEED TO STARVE As ae indicating the productiVe neM of the earth and its ito capacity to sustain a heavy heary population if the vegetarian in fad of the flesh diet be resorted to and an a illustrative of the fact that such must of necessity nece Mity be the tendency as aa the world becomes peopled the figures of a scotch solent lat are interesting he estimates timatea eB that while twenty two acres of land in i needed to td sustain IL a man on flesh that amount own gown to wheat will feed forty two persons gown aown to oats it will sustain eighty eight perona son to potatoes indian corn and rice per soup and nd planted with the breadfruit bread fruit tree over people could be fed the accuracy of this thia surprising calculation cu lation in IB all that la is needed to dispel the fears fean of even the most moat pessimistic disciple of malthus Malt huB A continuous diet of breadfruit bread fruit may not be especially inviting but it 16 would suffice to keep body and soul together and sines since even eren the poorest man may reasonably expect laud land enough for a grave a plot so 10 small that its ill ordinary product would not sustain a sparrow be could yield up his spirit with the serene gerene confidence that out of his hi dut dust might be grown a true tree from whose generous branches brano hei his children and children childrens s children might freely pluck fluek the taff staff of life until they in turn furnished furnia hed the foundation for a fresh freih orchard |