This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... NUTS A COMING FOOD STAPLE In these days when the question of foodstuffs is daily becoming more urgent and absorbing it is natural that all available sources of supplies to meet one of the most urgent of all our human needs should be made the subject of careful investigation. The exigencies of the great European war have compelled not only Germany but others of the belligerent nations to study nutritive values and the economics of food more critically than ever before. Every possible source of food supply is being drawn upon to the fullest extent possible by the nations of Central Europe. Efforts have been made to extract nutrient material from such unpromising sources as straw and sawdust, naturally with no encouraging measure of success. The writer has followed these researches and discussions with great interest. Numerous important facts in relation to human nutrition which have been long known to scientists but of which the common people have been ignorant have been brought to the attention of the hungry masses and have received practical application in the masterly efforts which have been made for their relief. It is probable that the problem of human nutrition is at the present time being solved in a more scientific and practical way by the German people than the world has ever seen done before. In all this discussion, however, one of the first and most striking facts upon which public attention was focused after the beginning of the great conflict was the necessity for limiting the supply of flesh foods. The reason for this is obvious. All the densely populated nations of Europe depend chiefly upon outside sources for their meat supplies. This must be true of any densely populated country for the reason that an acre of land that is...