Show world eating less food because work Is easier washington A general decrease in food consumption in tile last two decades has been noted by the national industrial conference board ment meat in particular tins lins decreased in use the lie fall being 10 per cent mechanization aniza tion of agriculture and industry and the accompanying decrease in labor was called a contributing factor to the decrease in food consumption according to tile statistics gathered b by tile bont d tile alie use of wheat lour hour decreased 20 per cent from 1899 1890 to 1023 and of cornmeal over t the he same period 75 per cent these two foods tire are the base of a manual laborers food and lire are an indication of tile decrease in this sort of work the board says parallel to the decrease in the use of heavy foods food by humankind Is the decrease in im the use of the horse which formerly required about acres each tor for maintenance from 1010 to 1025 tho the board reports the number oi of horses decreased vi by almost thus thua leaving acres of land for other oilier uses the board pointed out that the gradual disappearance of the horse Is iq one of tile contributing factors in the farm problem because of u the increase in surplus since the ago age ot of motorization |