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these tables it will be noted that the cumulated percentage columns 

 run to more than loo per cent, by trifling amounts. This is to take 

 care of the item "other meat products" which appears in the net 

 export table but not in production (in basic tables not here given). 

 In the main consumption table it is carried into the subtotal 

 " Meats," but does not appear as a separate item, because of the 

 impossibility of calculating it as such. 



TABLE XL 



Consumption of Carbohydrate in Human Foods, Primary and Secondary, 

 IN THE United States, Arranged by Commodities in Order of Magnitude. 



Order 

 No. 



Commodity. 



Average for the Six Years, igii-12 

 to 1916-17. 



Absolute Con-| 

 sumption of Percentage 



Carbohydrate 

 (Metric 

 Tons). 



Consump- 

 tion. 



Cumulated 

 Per Cent. 



Absolute Con- 

 sumption of 

 Carbohydrate 

 (Metric 

 Tons). 



Percentage 

 Consump- 

 tion. 



Cumulated 

 Per Cent. 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 



Wheat 



Sugars 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Dairy products. 



Apples 



Other vegetables 



Legumes 



Other fruits .... 



Rice 



Other cereals . . . 



Rye 



Bananas 



Nuts 



Oranges 



Cocoa 



Pork 



Beef 



Mutton 



Fish 



Oils 



Poultry and eggs 

 Oleomargarine . 



6,944.794 



4,193,095 



1,805,564 



935,881 



899,691 



312,589 



303.868 



182,103 



171.574 



170,151 



159. "3 



129.318 



111,628 



35.571 



31.696 



21,526 



2,740 



1,707 



484 



20 



o 



42.3125 



25-5473 



11.0008 



5.7020 



5-4815 

 1.9045 



1-8514 



I. 1095 



1.0454 



1.0367 



.9694 



.7879 



.6801 



.2167 



• 1931 

 .1312 

 .0167 

 .0104 

 .0029 

 .0001 



42.3125 



67.8598 



78.8606 



84.5626 



! 90.0441 



I 91.9486 



93.8000 



94-9095 



95-9549 



96.9916 



97.9610 



98.7489 



99.4290 



99.6457 



99-8388 



99.9700 



99-9867 



99-9971 



100.0000 



100. 0001 



100. 0001 



100. 0001 



6,195,182 



4,374,194 



2,155.310 



1,169,204 



917,169 



398,275 



352,857 



303-428 



284,668 



277,203 



268,425 



219.237 



92,328 



63.054 



39.177 



21,360 



2.859 



1.577 



315 



25 



o 



o 



o 



36-1534 

 25.5266 

 12.5778 



6.8232 



5-3524 

 2.3242 

 2.0592 

 1.7707 



1. 6612 

 1. 6177 



1.5665 

 1.2794 

 .5388 

 .3680 

 .2286 

 .1247 

 .0167 

 .0092 

 .0018 



.0001 



36.1534 



61.6800 



74.2578 

 81.0810 

 86.4334 

 88.7576 



90.8168 



92-5875 

 94.2487 

 95.8664 

 97-4329 

 98.7123 

 99-2511 



99.6191 



99.8477 

 99.9724 

 99.9891 

 99.9983, 



1 00.0001 

 100.0002 

 100.0002 

 100.0002 

 100.0002 



Total 116,413,087 



17. 135. 813 



The data of Tables IX. to XII. inclusive are shown, exhibited 

 graphically, in Figs. 6 to 9. 



Taking first the protein consumption, as given in Table IX., we 

 see that wheat stands at the head of the list as a source of protein 

 for the population of this country, contributing nearly 28 per cent. 



