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per cent of fat, or twice as much as the cheese and more than 

 five times that of the beefsteak and nearly seven times as 

 much as eggs. Chestnuts contain 70 per cent of starch, or 

 nearly as much as high-grade wheat flour and four times 



Diagram and values shoiwlnq imporVations 

 of nuls into the United States during tlie past 

 fifteen ijcars. 

 Aueraqe annual increase ^952,203. 



J096 ^2,497,J60. 

 Jd99 ^,103,973. 



1900 3,4^8^,637. 



1901 3, 756, J 36. 



1902 4,213,776. 



1903 5, 033, 726. 



1904 5,473,307 



1905 6, J54, 314. 



1906 r. 223. 607 



1907 9,315,371 

 1903 9,563,742. 



1909 3, 664, 253. 



1910 13.246.742. 



1911 14,493,413. 



1912 15,323,003. 





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as much as potatoes. One can see that something more can 

 bo made of nuts than a relish or a dessert. 



The importance of nuts as food is further shown by the 

 importation of nuts and nut products into the United States, 

 and the rapid increase in the value of the importations. 



