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PEARL— STAPLE COMMODITIES AND 



furnish only about lo per cent, of the fat intake. Beef contributes 

 almost exactly the same percentage. The four commodities named 

 together furnish nearly 87 per cent, of the total fat intake. Only 



ft/?CmTAGt CO/iT/?/BUTI(yi TO TOTAL CARBOHYDRATt COTiSUfim 

 PtR ctrrr 



_5_ lO_ I5_ £C 25 30 35 40 4-5 



Fig. 8. Diagram showing the percentage of the total carbohydrate con- 

 sumed in the United States contributed by each of 23 commodities. The 

 soHd bars denote the average consumption in the six years preceding our 

 entry into the war. The cross-hatched bars denote the consumption in 1917 

 and 1918. 



one other commodity group — namely, poultry and eggs — furnishes 

 more than 2 per cent, normally. 



In 1917-18 there are some changes of significance in the relative 

 position of the commodities as fat contributors. The first four 

 items, pork, dairy products, oils and beef, stand in the same order 

 in 1917-18 as in the six years preceding. Nuts moved up in 1917- 

 18 to the fifth place from the seventh, which they had occupied 



