NATIONAL FOOD CONSUMPTION. 



211 



Pt/?CtnTA6t C0/yT/?/W7/0/i TO TOTAL CALO/F/tS COnSUfltD 

 Pt-R ctrrr 



26 30 -as ■40 45 



Fig. g. Diagram showing the percentage of the total energy vakie of the 

 food consumed in the United States contributed by each of 23 commodities. 

 The solid 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. 



before. Oleomargarine moved from the tenth place to the seventh. 

 Corn, in spite of the increased consumption in 191 7, dropped from 

 the sixth place to the eighth in percentage contribution. Twelve of 



