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human race subsists on a diet that contains no meat, or only in minute 

 quantities. Dr. Kellogg believes, and quotes authorities who advocate, 

 that we should adopt a two-story form of agriculture with crop- 

 producing trees, largely nut trees, set far apart so that field crops 

 may be grown between them. The nut is the very quintessence of 

 human nutriment because of its richness in protein and fat especially. 

 It is not to be regarded as a substitute for meat but rather we should 

 consider that meat has been substituted . for nuts. They were the 

 chief food staple of primitive man. Immunity from disease and 

 splendid health result from a diet wholly without meat. Nuts are 

 absolutely free from impurities and the danger of carrying disease. 

 They supply not only everything which meat supplies, and of the 

 finest quality, but also essential elements which are lacking in meat, 

 notably lime. Nuts, unlike meat, are free from acid producing ten- 

 dencies which cause hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure 

 and kidney disease. 



Dr. Kellogg believes that we should encourage the planting of nut 

 trees on our farms and along our highways and that we should appeal 

 to the primitive appetite of our boys and girls for nuts for the pro- 

 motion of nut culture. He feels that this association is doing a very 

 important work in advocating nut culture and predicts that those who 

 have labored so long as pioneers in the nut growing industry will be 

 l.onored in the future as public benefactors. 



