36 THIRTY CENT BREAD 



represents 6,000,000 bushels, or four pounds per 

 person. 



§ 15 SAVED 



Leaving oats and all other foods out of consid- 

 eration, we find that the economy system now prac- 

 tised in France and Germany would yield for every 

 man, woman and child in America over and above 

 the food we already have : 



196 pounds whole wheat meal 

 85 pounds whole cornmeal 

 45 pounds mammala 

 60 pounds potatoes 

 25 pounds unpearled barley 

 25 pounds whole rye 

 4 pounds natural brown rice 

 Total, 440 pounds. 



Let us examine the meaning of these figures. 

 Modern dietitians tell us that the adult needs ap- 

 proximately 3,000 food calories a day. The caloric 

 value of the saved foods enumerated above, esti- 

 mated in pounds, is — whole wheat meal, 1,628; whole 

 cornmeal, 1,620; mammala, 3,680; potatoes, 378; im- 

 pearled barley, 1,603; whole rye meal, 1,626; nat- 

 ural brown rice, 1,600. 



If you will take paper and pencil and figure the 

 caloric value of the 440 pounds of whole unprocessed 

 foods tabulated above you will find that they will 

 yield 721,988 calories. This amount, not taking into 

 consideration the fact that infants and children re- 

 quire much less, will supply all the needs of 100,- 

 000,000 adults for 240 2-3 days. 



If we take into consideration the fact that a large 



