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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



Demand upon the Food Resources of the United States as indicated 

 hf/ crports for fiscal years ending Jioie 30, 1914, and June SO, Una 



Wheat 



Oats 



Potatoes 



BeeJ 



Pork 



OAlmon 



Butter 



Millions ofjousl-iels 



,73 P^- 



2 p4 

 96 pi^ 



Millions ojpfunds 



'14 



^ 



152P^ 



isH^ — 



condensed' '^^^ 



5u 



Rice 



50 



iwoi 



% 



izol- 



Depletion of the Food h'eserve of the Fnitrd States — Storhs on 

 liand March J, 1916, and March i, 1017 



Millions oj BusViels 



Wheat 

 Corn 

 Oats 

 Barley 



244 



Ol. 



111b 

 789 



59at 

 593 



Millions o) Pounds 

 Cheese 



9LIL 



Lard I 



Pork 

 L<j<>s .cases 



Jl. 



Jl. 



On the jarms 



In cold storage 



We must learn to buy food by the 100 

 calories rather than by the pound if we 

 are to meet the problem of the dinner 

 table wisely. 



Our food exhibit therefore contains 

 as one of its principal features a series 



of 100-calorie portions of certain com- 

 mon foods so that the meaning of this 

 unit of measure may be clear. Beside 

 each one is shown the composition of 

 the food in question in percentage of 

 protein (the nitrogen-containing and 



