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desir;il)l(' for persons of corresi)oiuling occui)ations. though the range in protein 

 consumption is great and some of the families had rather high quantities. . . . 

 The food appeared to be fairly satisfying to the people; enough so, at any rate, 

 for families who might have afforded better not to care to talve the trouble to 

 procure it. 



" [While] the people of whom these families are typical are . . . considered 

 fairly strong and well developed physically. . . . visitors are almost invariably 

 struck by the quickness with which these mountaineers, especially the women, 

 lose the api)earance of youth. . . . Tuberculosis is common and the rate of mor- 

 tality is rather high. While there are many individual exceptions, the general 

 impression, confirmed by observations made in connection with these studies, 

 is that these mountaineers are not active or energetic, either physically or 

 mentally, as compared with the bulk of our rural population, and are rather 

 generally lacking in ambition and progressiveness." 



Dietary .studies in Georgia, H. C. White (pp. 117-136). — Of the ]4 studies 

 included in this report one was made with a students' boarding club at the 

 Tniversity of Georgia, one in the family of a mechanic, and one in a negro 

 family, both living near town, and the remaining 11 with families in mountain 

 districts. The living conditions of the mountain families were very much the 

 same as noted above in connection with the Tennessee families. In this and the 

 other studies data are given regarding the kind and amount of waste and 

 similar topics. 



"The protein supplied in the (ieorgia studies ranged from 44 to 127 gms. 

 ]ier man per day, with an average of Sfi gms. This is 2 gms. more than the 

 averiige of the Tennessee studies, and considerably below the standard require- 

 ment for man at moderately active work. . . . The fuel value was [likewise] 

 relatively much higher than the protein content, ranging from 2.207 to .5,970 

 calories, with an average of 4,24.S calories. 



" In a few studies in which the fuel value was exceptionally low the energy 

 supplied may not have been entirely sufficient, but in general it may l)e con- 

 sidered to have met the needs of the subjects. Regarding the adequacy of the 

 jirotein supplied, the same questions arise as in the Tennessee studies. These 

 people evidently attained fair physical development and satisfied the demands 

 of their appetites on a protein ration considerably below the standard. . . . Any- 

 one familiar with the class of which they are typical will admit, [however], that 

 they age rapidly, seem to have comparatively little power to resist disease, 

 such as tuberculosis, and are neither very ambitious nor progressive." 



The cost of the diet was 12 cts. per man per day. 



Discussion of American rural dietaries, C. E. Wait (pp. 1.37-142). — On the 

 basis of the investigations here reported and earlier studies of a similar sort, 

 the general question of diet in American rural regions is discussed, though the 

 author realizes that the data are limited for such a purpose. 



" While the number of farms in which the cooking and serving are as good 

 as in corresponding town or city homes is large, in very many others these 

 features of the diet are not as well provided for as the means of the family 

 would permit. This difference is undoubtedly due, at least in part, to the 

 greater number of kitchen and household conveniences in the city homes. The 

 rural population is. however, coming more and more to recognize the importance 

 of running water, ice supplies, go(Kl drainage, and other conveniences, not only 

 in saving labor for the housekee[iers. but in raising the standard of home life. 



" There are, unfortunately, certain groups of people . . . who seem out 

 of the track of general progress and among whom the .standards of living have 

 for vears remained low. Prominent among these are two groups in the South- 



