g regular crops for the past 10 years. This season's
crop is a failure owing to continuous cold rain at blooming time. The
nuts on one of these trees are of fair size and quality.

With kindest regards to the many friends in the Association, and
trusting that I may have the pleasure of greeting all at our next annual
meeting, I am,

Respectfully yours,

W. C. REED.

THE FOOD VALUE OF NUTS.

DR. J. H. KELLOGG, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

Of all really valuable foodstuffs nuts are the least used and the least
appreciated. In fact, nuts can hardly be said to constitute a part of
the national bill of fare for the reason that when eaten at all they are
taken as luxuries or deserts and not as staple foods. But the nut
possesses special properties which entitle it to first consideration as
a foodstuff, and the writer has no doubt that some time in the future
nuts will become a leading constituent of the national bill of fare, and
in so doing, will displace certain foodstuffs which today are held in
high esteem, but which in the broader light of the next century will be
regarded as objectionable and inferior foods and will give place to the
products of the various varieties of nut trees which will then be
estimated at their true worth, the very choicest of all substances
capable of sustaining human life. Botanically, a nut is a fruit, but
nuts differ so widely both in composition and appearance from the foods
commonly called fruits that they are properly placed in a class by
themselves.

In nutritive value the nut far exceeds all other food substances; for
example, the average number of food units per pound furnished by half a
dozen of the more common varieties of nuts is 3231 calories, while the
average of the same number of varieties of cereals is 1654 calories,
half the value of nuts. The average food value of the best vegetables is
300 calories per pound and of the best fresh fruits grown in this
country is 278 calories. The average food value of the six principal
flesh foods is 810 calories per pound, or one-fourth that of nuts.

The superior nutritive value of nuts is clearly shown by the
accompanying tables based upon the analyses of Atwater and other
authorities.

TABLE I.

COMPOSITION OF NUTS (C. F. LANGWORTHY).

Composition and Fuel Value of the Edible Portion.
Food