CHAPTER XIV 



THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



XF any man more than another should be 

 -*- well informed on the foods of the race, 

 surely it is he without whom the food supply 

 of the race vanishes. It is this man, the tiller 

 of the New Earth, who supplies this food, — 

 wheat, corn, rice, meat, vegetables, fruits; the 

 whole stock for the sustenance of the world 

 comes from his hand. He is preeminently the 

 purveyor of the race. If the material which 

 he provides falls below normal, the race to a 

 proportionate degree loses in vitality. If he 

 maintains the integrity of the elements in his 

 products, permanency is secured. If he in- 

 creases the nutritive value of his food supplies 

 so that, when prepared for the table, they will 

 afford so many more per cents of heat for the 

 body, so many more of muscular strength, so 

 many of vitality, then he is leading the world 

 upward in the betterment of his crops. 

 But not until the dawning of the New 



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