THE RURAL PROBLEM 33 



the cotton crop was worth $591,130,000 and the hay 

 crop $546,492,400. 



AN OUTLINE OF THE FOOD AND FEED PROBLEM x 



This necessity of relating the farmer's work to the 

 food supply is so fundamental that it is worth while 

 to take space to make an outline of the entire problem . 

 of food supply, in order that we may see the more ( 

 clearly where the farmer's job begins and ends. 



THE FOOD AND FEED SUPPLY PROBLEM 



(FOR ANY REGION LOCAL, STATE, COUNTRY OR WORLD) 

 Food Requirements 



Kinds and amounts of normal demand 

 Grain and grain products 

 Meat and meat products 

 Dairy products 



Vegetables and vegetable products 

 Poultry and eggs 

 Fruits and nuts 

 Sea food 

 Food Resources 



Land: Tilled; tillable but unimproved; wet, arid and cut 



over 



Labor: Family; hired 

 Equipment: Buildings ; machinery 

 Fertilizers : Commercial kinds ; amounts ; sources 



barnyard 

 Food Production 

 Present 



Human food kinds and amounts 

 Grown 



1 This outline is adapted from one made by Miss Lorian P. Jefferson 

 from suggestions furnished by members of the staff of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College together with a most admirable food supply 

 chart prepared by the Food Problem Committee of the Merchants 

 Association of New York City. 



