CHAPTER XIII 



Food supply, total weight of food produced About g Ib. per 

 family of five per day Fish and meat to be added, cattle 

 consumption to be deducted Cattle eat a large part of the 

 food of the poor people Food production at present insuffi- 

 cient Increase of food production necessary for the health 

 of the people, and for the well-being of the cattle. 



IN Chapter IX, I have shown the money value of 

 the production of the soil. In Table IV, page 104, 

 I have shown the weight of the food production. 

 In considering whether or not the produce of 

 the soil is sufficient for the people, it is not, of 

 course, the money value of the crops, but the 

 actual weight of the food, that must be con- 

 sidered. Now, if we take the actual weight of all 

 the grain crops in the year 1919-20 (Table IV) and 

 divide it by the population, we find that if it was 

 equally divided there is just enough food for the 

 people to live on that is to say, there is enough to 

 give 2 Ib. a day of grain to every man, ij Ib. to 

 every woman, and ij Ib. of grain to every child 

 and old person, with if Ib. to spare in every family 

 of five persons. I have taken the weight of all 



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