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consumption of meats practically did not increase at all, and the 

 consumption of grains only about i per cent. 



The great increases were first in the consumption of vegetables 

 and oils and nuts, amounting to 30 per cent, in the one case and 29 

 per cent, in the other, and second in oleomargarine where the con- 

 sumption increased nearly 116 per cent, in 1917-18 over the average 

 of the preceding six years. In the case of vegetables and oils and 

 nuts the increased consumption in 1917-18 is probably to be attrib- 

 uted largely to the activity of the Food Administration in urging 



TABLE IX. 



Consumption of Protein in Human Food, Primary and Secondary, in the 

 United States, Arranged by Commodities in Order of Magnitude. 



Order 



No. 



Commodity. 



Average for the Six Years, 1911-12 

 to 1916-17. 



Absolute 

 Consump- 

 tion of Pro- 

 tein (Metric 

 Tons. 



Percentage 

 Consump- 

 tion. 



Cumu- 

 lated Per 

 Cent. 



Absolute 

 Consump- 

 tion of Pro- 

 tein (Metric 

 Tons). 



Percentage 

 Consump- 

 tion. 



Cumu- 

 lated Per 

 Cent. 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 II 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 IS 

 16 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 



Wheat 



Dairy products . . 



Beef 



Pork 



Poultry and eggs . 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Fish 



Legumes 



Nuts 



Mutton 



Other cereals . . . . 

 Other vegetables . 



Rice 



Rye 



Cocoa 



Apples 



Other fruits 



Bananas 



Oranges 



Oleomargarine. . 



Sugars 



Oils 



1,054.548 



744.784 



528,709 



392,665 



246,178 



202,717 



114.598 



84,852 



69,669 



46,819 



43.712 



30,471 



30,137 



17,231 



11,174 



11,020 



8.719 

 7,620 



6,979 



1,647 



838 



455 



o 



28.85 

 20.38 



14.47 

 10.74 

 6.74 

 5-55 

 3-14 

 2.32 

 1.91 

 1.28 

 1.20 



•83 

 .82 



•47 

 •31 

 •30 

 .24 

 .21 

 .19 

 .04 

 .02 

 .01 



28.85 



49-23 

 63.70 



74-44 

 81.18 

 86.73 

 89.87 

 92.19 

 94.10 

 95-38 

 96.58 

 97.41 

 98.23 

 98.70 

 99.01 

 99-31 

 99-55 

 99-76 

 99-95 

 99.99 

 100.01 

 100.02 

 100.02 



940,543 

 788,969 

 539.703 

 378,799 



248,772 



242,395 



143.167 



105.578 



85,021 



81,939 

 65,088 

 36,668 



30,725 

 28,298 



24-597 

 20.083 

 9.283 

 7.458 

 5-771 

 1,808 

 1,109 



439 

 



24-85 



20.85 



14.26 



10.01 



6-57 



6.40 



3-78 



2.79 



2-25 



2.16 



1.72 



•97 

 .81 

 •75 

 -65 

 • S3 

 -25 

 .20 



-15 

 -05 

 •03 

 .01 



24.85 

 45-70 

 59-96 

 69-97 

 76-54 

 82.94 

 86.72 



89.51 

 91.76 

 93-92 

 95-64 

 96.61 

 97-42 

 98.17 

 98.82 



99-35 

 99.60 

 99.80 



99-95 

 100.00 

 100.03 

 100.04 

 100.04 



Total '3,654,572 



3,784,690 



the consumption of these commodities to afford a relief of the 

 pressure on wheat and meat products. In the case of oleomarga- 

 rine the increased consumption is clearly due entirely to a favorable 



