A NORMAL DIET 



TABLE VI. -ASH CONSTITUENTS OF ORDINARY DIETS 



397 



32 ARMY ORGANIZATIONS IN TRAINING CAMPS, CALCULATED. (Blaiherwick) 



FOUR INFANTRY COMPANIES OP SAME REGIMENT AT CAMP CODY DURING SAME PERIOD OF 7 DAYS 

 CALCULATED BY HOWE, PUBLISHED BY BLATHERWICK 



in that way, has helped make what was formerly a luxury, a relatively 

 cheap and common food. The consumption of sugar within the last 

 century increased tremendously throughout the western world, though 

 some countries consumed more than others. The United States appears to 

 lead the world in the per capita consumption of sugar, with Great Britain 

 a close second. Whether or not this large consumption of sugar is de- 

 sirable or not is still a moot question. . 



As one result of freeing populations from dependence upon local 

 sources of supply, the development of transportation and refrigeration 

 has helped to change the character of the food, particularly in making 

 fresh foods available throughout the year and in giving the rest of the 

 world access to the products of tropical and semi-tropical countries. 



But these beneficial effects have been very largely confined to the cities 

 and towns. In rural regions, the same causes seem to have led to less de- 

 sirable changes. Instead of diversified farming, the tendency has been to- 

 wards a "one crop" or "cash crop" agriculture. Tinder such a system the 

 farmer no longer raises much of his own food but has only one crop which 

 he sells for cash, with which he buys his food. He buys the purified, staple 

 and stable foodstuffs and loses many valuable food constituents. The de- 

 velopment of transportation and industry has not yet made it possible for 

 him to buy, in addition to the staple foods, the fresh vegetables, etc., that 

 he also needs. Sometimes, too, ignorant of the true values of foods, he may 

 sell his own product to copy, through the village store, the habits of the 

 city. To quote from Rubner(g) (1913) : "I have noticed a very unfavor- 

 able influence of urban food requirements on the milk-producing districts of 

 some regions of Switzerland, Germany, which is so characteristic that it 

 deserves consideration. The milk-producing regions of the Bavarian 

 highlands and of Switzerland had formerly an extremely, healthy, strong 



