, 1861-08-30
c'ud, : III proportion employed for cooking
ana for al domestic purposes.
Ea5zn1an1,atItstu

clud. h. proportion employed for cooking
ana for AL domestic purposes.
PROPORTIONS.
The composition of the food in Paris d0ss |
not represent thst Of the other towns OF
France; considerable variations exist between
dt1tIent Localities. While each Partisan eats
l6O lhR, meat per annum, the inhabitants OF
Lie Mans average only 81 lLs., the other to 1ns
vaTyiIg between these two extremes. After
far1s, Rennes and Bordeaux present the
Tonlon, Caep, and lie Mans the lowest. The
largest absorption of wine is ct Bordeaux,
where each individual drinks 345 plnts OF
wine per aunum the other wine growing cen-
tres follow next; Paris comes about the mid.
die OF the list and the minimum is found at
Caen, where the annual consumption is only
20 pints per head but Caen, xhica is in The
middle Of the Normandy apple country, drinks
S7B pints Of cider year, while Bordeaax takes
none at all The greatest consumption OF
betr is at Lille, where each individual con
sumes 2G1 pints per auuum; and the smallest
is st Bordeaux, where the annual quantity per
head is only six pints. Brandy is mainly
drank in Normandy; at Roaen, for instance,
amounts 10 the large total Of thirty.flye pints
Per yesr.
IL order TO prove that the Parieia1s gre well
fed, 1t would be necessary to compare their
list Of Eou1ishment with that Of the inhabit-
aIlE O1 f1e OIGeT pFLHE1pA GdpatSal5 VI G1AAVHO.
but there is no reliable information on which
to base such comparison. Even for London
there are no complete statistics on the sab
ject. The only calculation which tncln1es
mere than two or three items is that published
by Nj. Porter in the "Progress Of the Nation"
Baeed on that table the annual results sre rs
follows, as regards the items mentioned
London. Paris.
stsad3 hsat3 9%5;::..:,:sa %ssas aSs ass ftae waste
Potatoes and vegetables, bs al 800 without de-
f Hitts1 aaaats saa Cheese dBee.ag
USE OF BREAD.
Among the rural population of every coun-
try bread is the great staple Of food. France
is no exception to this rule; the only pecul
ants being the quantity, Of vegetable soups
which they eat. While in the towns bread is
| made almost exclusively Of wheat -four, 5hs
rural districts still employ rye, barley, buck
wheat, oats and maize, according to the local
ity, but, with the exception OF maize, in di
nirishing proportions the use Ct wheat
bread iB increasing in almost every direction.
| The production Of Wheat IN France has arisen
from 144, 375 GOO bushels in 1915, to 225 500 900
bashels at present; Of the latter quantity
169, ,75o,0 600 bushels, which may be said to Be
| entirely made into bread, the proportion used
| for feeding animals, Or for industrial purpo-
ees, not exceeding 100000 bushels per an
rum. The annual consumpsion Of Wheat By
| the whole population Is just over Eve bushels
| per lead. The average daily consumption Of
| wheat bread is about Il cz. per lead.
Rye bread enters in the nourishment Of the
people for 10o lbs per head per annun, OF 4tcz
/ Per head per day.
The email consumption Of barley, after de.
Quoting the quartity employed for the keep
OF animals and the manufacture of beer, gives
about 50 lbs Of bread for each person, or 1 Ia
cz per day.
Maize: o. Indian corr, is used only in Ger.
tain districte, particularly in the L7ndes and
F1apehe Comta, but its consumption is in
creasing; it's present average is 16 lbs. per
head per annpm, or two thirds Of an ounce
per day.
The quantity of oat bread is small; il
smonnts to about cne-si1th Of one ounce per
head per day,
| :Baekwheas is employed only in certain parts
Of the western provinces, especially in Brit
tary; its daily consumption is about X oz.
per head
Adding together these various elements, the
in France comes out al total average per
head of 10. SIS or
POTATOES.
The production Of potatoes in France has
quinfup!cd since 1916; it announced to $50
GOO Geo huaheIs in 1857. Of this quantity ST.
00o0o0 bushels are retained for planting, and
about 40o GOO, 600 bushels are employed for
makirg fecule, distillation, and other manu-
featuring purposes. The quantity rem 4iniag
is, therefore, 204 .0o0, 900 bushels, Of which it
is estimated that quarter is used for feeding
animals, leaving about $50, 100000 bushels for
human food. Taking the bpshel to Weiga ST
lbs, the total annual CONSUMPTION Of potatoes
/ comes ont at 233 lbs. per head Of the whole
! population, or 10 S ounces per day. Hsre
The proportion between town and country is
!te inverse Of that found for meat: Paris, for
iEsia1ce, With it's 1,200, 900 inhabitants, CON
sumed e:ily 10000 tons Of potatoes in 1854,
which gives 48 lbs. per head per anuum, or
aho4t one-1l1h Of the average consumption Of
| oil France.
KITCHEN GARDENS.
Private Kitchen gardens cover surface of
617, eco acres In France tGnd N. Block estinat es
K the value Of the present annual produce at
El2, ,e00,000 while the extent Of orchards aud
gardens Of every Kind, without distinctio
amounts to about 500, 900 acres, Or l.1G per
cent, OF the whole surface Of the land, Nov,
oIly comparatively small prop portion Of flow
| er gardens, it is probable that the greater part
| Of this sUrface is occupied by the cultivation
Of f:ult ard vegetables, and that the fseblene=s
OF the garden space as compared with Great
Britain, where it amounts to 6.S4 per cent. OF
the whole country. or with Spain, w4ere it
reaches 6 93 per cent, does not prove anything
| as regards the production Of vegetable food,
for in EEg land and Spain parks and ornaEieE-
tai grounds constitute By far the greater part
| ~ 'A4+@o - %oNAte-+A 90 SaAACus IL %aA44U% bS
doubted that the consumption of the who1z
country il equal to that OF Paris as concGrnz
vegetables, md to at least half that Of tae cap
ital as regards fruit AT this rate the daily use
Of vegetables [othcr than potatoes) would
amount to ounces per head, and that of frui,
to 81 ounces.
MISCELLANEOUS,
The consumption Of sugar has risen from
h. per head in 1922, to IA lbs. 3 o. in 1855 ii
the latter year each individual consumed ID
10 cz OF coffee; tea and ehocolate are ibcrcas
ing in use, but their present annual consump
tion does net exceed 4 OF per head Group
ing together these vafious articles. theJ
I Froauce q total Of 16 lbs l oz, per head PEI
arnum, or about two. thirds Of an ounce pc
day.
About butter, cheese and eggs, there is NJ
information az to quantity they may all b.
| classed together at an average Of half the cor
:, sumption of PARIS, say Is uz.
l Fish aud pastry must be included in the gen
I eral estimste for the whole country, but Q
: they are almost solely used in the towns, the;
! proportion per head on the whole population
! is nearly inappreeiable. It cannot exceed hal
, an ounce per day at the outside.
q TEE SUM TOTAL.
:" Tie total daily average ration for all Franc
q comes cut, therefore, Is follows:
+ fbs. OF.
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