Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-02-03
THE AMOUNT YOU EAT
SOME FIGURES ON THE MEAT AND
DRINK OF THE WORLD.

They VIII BE Very Apt TO Surprise You
The Average American Citizen Is a
Good Healthy fredericton They Com
pare with other Countries.
Did you ever stop to consider how
much you eat in the course of the year?
If you are the average American cit
izen here is a part Of your annual bill
of fare
One hundred and forty-seven pounds
OF meat, 1873 eggs, 200 pounds of pota-
toes, 240 pounds Of wheat Tin bread,
&C.,, 70 pounds of sugar, "a ounces Of
tea, 1856 ounces of coffee and four
pounds of rice.
We are no more frugal in our use Of
beer, wine and tobacco, the yearly av-
erage being 43 ounces of tobacco to
each person, Is gallons of beer and
about two quarts of wine.
Ireland leads all other countries in
potato eating, the annual consumption
there being 1,467 pounds to each per-
son-or over four pounds a day. Ger
many, with an annual per capita con-
sumption of 1900 pounds comes next;
the Netherlands coming third, and Italy
bringing up the extreme rear with an
annual per capita consumption of only
forty eight pounds.
France heads the list in the con-
sumption of wheat, using 100000, 900
bushels a year, or 467 pounds to each
inhabitant. Canada comes second, ia
pan using least-twenty-two pounds
per capita per year.
But in the use of meats the differ
ence between the divers countries is
best seen. The United States stands
well at the head Of the list, consuming
11,000,000,000 pounds year. OF this
meat 5000, 100000 pounds are beef,
1000, 900 pork and 100000, 900 NUT
ton. Great Britain comes second in
meat consumption, averaging yearly
100 pounds to each person. Norway
stands third in per capita consumption,
while Italy uses only "a pounds of meat
to the inhabitant.
We are also at the head Of the list
in egg-eating, using 10000, 100000 eggs
year. Canada is second, with a per
capita consumption of 80 eggs a year
Ito our 1881, Italy's citizens having but
fortyseven apiece.
The use of rice differs still more
widely among different nations. The
whole United States uses but 300, 000,-
COO pounds a pounds per capita), while
the province of Bombay, in India, uses
100000 GOO pounds a year, or 547
TO each person. We use less rice to
each inhlbitant than Spain, Great Bril-
tain or Italy.
Our nation uses more tobacco than
any other, consuming 2O0,O0O,O00
pounds year; but the per capita con-
sumption falls far below that of Bel
GUM. which leads the world with 10
ounces to each person (to our 49,. We
stand fifth in per capita use OF tobacco
Great Britain and her colonies lead
the world in tea drinking, allowing per
year IS oynces for each person. We
Use 11Q,CJ0,000 pounds a year (2i
ounces apiece.
The Netherlands stand in the fore
most rank as coffee drinkers, using
go ounces year to each inhabitant
We are but fourth on the coffee-drink-
ing list, ys.rg 725,0OO,00O pounds a
year, or 100 ounces apiece. Russia,
however, allows but ounces to each
person.
Great britain leads in per capita beer
drinking, consuming 100000 0GO gal
Ions year, or so gallons TO each per
sen. Germany is a second. with
100000, 000 gallons, which is q gal
Ions to each inhabitant. We average
only Is gallons apiece.
Spain, Italy and Greece use little
beer, but are well up in wine drinking
Spain being at the head, with 80 gal
Ions to every person. The United
States Use but two quarts per capita
In other words the average Spaniard
drinks seventy times as much wine as
the average American.