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is by no means true of all vegetable proteins. Such a milk, however, 

 would be somewhat deficient in lime, a lack which could be sup- 

 plied by lentil soup. 



A product commercially known as Malted Nuts, prepared from 

 almonds or peanuts, has been found of very great service in meeting 

 the needs of infants and some classes of invalids for an easily di- 

 gestible liquid nourishment to take the place of milk when a substi- 

 tute is needed. 



The chief obstacle which at the present time stands in the way 

 of making nuts a food staple is the meager supply. If the popula- 

 tion of the United States should suddeiily turn to nuts as the chief 

 means of meeting their protein requirement, the total annual crop 

 of nuts would be consumed in a day or two, or possibly less time. 

 The American people readily change their eating habits. As nuts 

 become more plentiful through the efforts of the Nut Growers 

 Association, and the general enlightenment of the people concern- 

 ing the superiority of this class of foodstuffs by a well conducted 

 propaganda such as has been carried on in behalf of the raisin in- 

 dustry and such as the meat packers are now conducting in their 

 effort to induce the American people to eat more meat, but of 

 course on an honest, scientific basis rather than by means of untruth- 

 ful and misleading statements, as the packers are doing, the intel- 

 ligent people of this country could soon be brought to an apprecia- 

 tion of the great value of edible nuts and the important place which 

 they should fill in the bill of fare. 



Thirty years ago, the writer prepared a paste from peanuts 

 which had been previously cooked by steaming or baking, and gave 

 to the preparation the name of "Nut Butter." Little attention was 

 paid to the product for two or three years, then it began rapidly to 

 win favor and, according to a recent report by the Census Bureau, 56 

 establishments, in 1919, produced peanut butter to the value of 

 nearly $6,000,000, and the peanut crop last year was 816,464,000 

 pounds. In 30 years, the peanut crop has increased from a few 

 thousand acres to nearly 2,000,000 acres, and the peanut has come 

 to occupy a place on the national bill of fare of considerable promi- 

 nence. The peanut is not really a nut but a legume and is in flavor 

 and other edible qualities greatly inferior to the products in which 

 this Association is interested. Nevertheless, the fact that it is acces- 

 sible has given it an opportunity to quickly gain popular favor. The 

 writer feels very confident that if this association and other similar 

 organizations will continue their efforts in behalf of nut growing, 

 and will at the same time adopt measures to inform the public con- 

 cerning the remarkable nutritive properties of these products which 

 have been created expressly for the use of man and which 

 are so wonderfully adapted to his sustenance, there will be a steady 

 advance in their acceptance by the public and in the not far distant 

 future, the raising of nuts will come to be as nearly universal among 

 farmers as the production of apples or other fruit crops. If the 



