definitely below the Scifety line." Hov; far short of good nutri- 

 tion does farm family food consumption actually fall? Studies 

 of a large group of non-relief farm families reveal the following 

 deficits. Tlie percentage figures indicate how far average per 

 capita consumption falls below that of farm groups whose diets 

 are considered adequate. 



Milk (and its eauivalent in cheese) . . . 25?^ 



Butter .* 15^2 



3ggs 30?o 



Tomatoes ;, citrus fruit ......,,.. 55^0 



Leafy, green, yellow vegetables 80^ 



Meats and poultry .....,.,.. 10^ 



These farm families could themselves be a market for many 

 of our surplus acres. The increase in foods needed to provide 

 for all of our 31,000,000 farm people, diets as good as those now 

 enjoyed by the well fed v/ould aggregate in a year: 



510 million gallons of milk 



95 million pounds of butter 

 215 million dozen eggs 



990 million pounds of tomatoes, citrus fruit 

 2,500 million pounds of leafy, green, yellow vegetables 

 370 million pounds of meat and poultry (dressed weight) 



(The omission of apples, cranberries, etc., from this 

 list lends a citrus flavor to the analysis. Maybe it can be shovm 

 that the apple bowl in so;iie of our rural homes also needs refill- 

 ing.) 



Do You Know 



That apples v'ere grovm on Governor's Island in Boston Har- 

 bor as early as 1639? 



That an occasional grapevine produces only starainate or 

 "male" blossoms? With no normal or perfect blossoms such a vine 

 is, of course, incapable of bearing fruit. 



That the individual sections in a blackberry or raspberry 

 are very similar xn structure to a miniature cherry or plum? The 

 latter fruits are sometimes celled "drupes" and the above ruen- 

 tioned sections "drupelets?" The botanical relationship between 

 these fruits is surprisingly close in spite of their dissimilar 

 appearance. 



That the state of Oregon produced more pears than apples 

 in 1940? The yields vrere 4,/;i8,000 and 3,160,000 bushels, re- 

 spectively. Pear production in V/ashington in 19.40 amounted to 

 6,600,000 bushels. 



That a cherry tree has produced as many as 1520 pounds 

 of fruit in l. single season. That's the 1940 record of a tree 

 ovmed by a grov, er in V/enatcliee, Washington. He says, "I don't 



