| Show you eat ton of food in year I 1 with emphasis on dairy items CHICAGO the food the C average american eats eat S in a year equal to almost a alc aon ton and more than ten times Q the he average weight of an adult was piled up for display before a group of young vegetable growers here recently the merchandise was assembled in actual quantity at the annual banquet of the junior vegetable grocers association during their convention on the basis of figures compiled from official sources the average american consumes nearly his own weight in meat alone using pounds as an average weight heavy on dairy products likewise if you maintain an average consumption consume your weight three times over at least in dairy products which lead the list in tonnage much of this is in fluid form the balance in butter ice cream malted milk and similar products the young vegetable growers who were guests of the great atlantic and pacific tea company at this years banquet were particularly in interested te in the assembled mass of fresh and canned vegetables which statistics indicate the average american consumes annually potatoes of course lead in this division with a per capita consumption of pounds other items in the vegetable division such as sweet potatoes peas corn beans spinach carrots lettuce tomatoes and all the others reach to a volume close to the weight of an average adult all ali grains consumed in the form of bread cereals and in liquid form treble the weight of the average adult I 1 were eating more blore fish figures indicate that fish consumption is gaining the figure used includes fresh and salt water fish canned fish frozen fish and all the various items such as oysters crabmeat crab meat lobsters and so on the quick freezing process which permits shipment to inland points of salt water cater fish is credited with bringing about some of the increase in demand the junior vegetable growers held their judging contest on the day of the banquet thirty five teams from various states competed tor for seven trophies and 20 cash prizes average american 50 pounds 11 SM jets icv 0 one r tw bear dairy aa f am wheat ba b fresh fruits ifft ON potatoes lbs aa M vain than whee meat ww NOW fresh acte M sugar 45 GJ es eggs 38 ib JJ fish 37 lbs Q dom domestic lc alanl 33 h 1 canned vegetables q sweet potatoes canned cults y lbs ad V dried vegetables 29 lbs 04 poultry 24 U etter I 1 ah W symbol butter 16 ab 20 pounds s bosee 14 ab ib 4 condiments W miscellaneous nel s impend fats mcca cocoa etc 55 J |
