354 AGRICULTURE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE 



twenty-five cents' worth of* wheat bread will supply 

 his needs for a day. 



Examination of school children in New York City 

 by doctors shows that over one half of them are poorly 

 nourished. This is not so much because the parents 

 are poor, as because they are ignorant, careless, or 

 wasteful. They waste by buying food which fails to 

 give the best nourishment, and waste much more in 

 preparing it. Then their ignorance of the laws of di- 

 gestion and exercise, and of the need of fresh air, leads 

 to waste in the body and to ill health. This does 

 even more harm during the period of growth than it 

 would later in life. 



Feeding of farm animals. What we have learned 

 applies also to feeding animals. The choice of food is 

 important, and likewise its preparation. This may in- 

 clude, in some cases, warming or cooking the food. By 

 looking at "feeding tables," which tell how much 

 muscle-making and heat-making food is found in hay, 

 green fodder, and so on, the farmer can tell how much 

 of these to feed daily. But he must take into account 

 the cost, the supply he has on hand and its keeping 

 qualities, the value of the manure produced from it, as 

 well as other things. 



What becomes of the food after it enters the body? 

 We know that plants can take up only liquid food 

 (page 10). Just so with the animal. All the food must 

 be made liquid before it can be taken up and used by 



