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whole grain the disappearance of these by-products 

 from the farm where tiiey are used in feeding cattle, 

 poultry, hogs, etc., would cause such a scarcity of 

 milk, bacon, eggs, and pork," he continues, "that 

 only a wealthy few could pay the price to which they 

 would skyrocket. How would we feed our pigs and 

 our dairy cows if we ate whole wheat bread in the 

 United States?" 



This critic, whose objections are based upon sin- 

 cere anxiety, is totally ignorant of the food situation. 

 Apparently he knows nothing about the 2,000,000,- 

 000 bushels of whole corn which is set aside annually 

 in the United States for cattle food, hog food and 

 chicken food. 



Apparently he knows nothing of the flaxseed crop 

 (14,000,000 bushels), the. hay crop (85,000,000 

 tons), the oat crop (1,229,182,000 bushels), or the 

 peanut crop (20,000,000 bushels). 



Corn, flaxseed, hay, oats and peanuts are among 

 the most important feeding stuffs now utilized on the 

 farm. 



In addition to these foods we have 100,000,000 

 acres under grass for grazing purposes, and 240,- 

 000,000 additional acres that could be utilized. 



We produce millions of tons of cottonseed meal, 

 cottonseed feeds, linseed meal, pea meal, bean meal, 

 cocoanut meal, sugar feeds, rice meal, dried beet 

 pulp, dried molasses beet pulp, corn stover, corn cob, 

 soya bean meal, and the other concentrated commer- 

 cial feeding stuffs, which are used in such enormous 

 quantities in nourishing our milk cows, horses, chick- 

 ens, and pigs for the production of milk, steaks, 

 roasts, chops, ham, bacon and eggs. 

 ' Apparently our critic does not know that if cows, 



