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 shoiwing importahons 

 of nuts into \\\e United States during tlic post 

 fifteen ijears. 

 Aueraqe annual increase ^952,203. 



7S^6 



Jd99 



1900 



1901 



J902 



J903 



J904' 



1905 



1906 



1907 



7903 



1909 



1910 



I9IJ 



1912 



^2,497,160. 

 3, /OS, 975. 

 3,4^8^,637. 

 3, 756, J 36. 

 4, 213, 776. 

 5, 033, 726. 



5, 473, 307 



6, J 54, 514. 



7, 223, 607 

 9, 375, 371. 

 9, 563, 742. 

 3. 604, 253. 



13. 246, 742. 

 14,493,413. 

 15, 323, 003. 





Reproduced by permission from the " Pesan Review." 



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

 be 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. 



