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IN normal agricultural economy the main role of the farm animal is to convert coarse vegetable foodstuffs into palatable and readily digested meat and dairy products. In war–time the value of this function must be reviewed in relation to the exigencies of the shipping situation, and the gain in quality in foodstuffs of animal origin must be balanced against the great loss in quantity which must inevitably occur during the conversion. Some peace–time practices, such as the liberal use of wheat in feeding poultry, are obviously out of place during war–time. It is difficult, however, to forecast what degree of success could be attained in a frontal attack on the position of the farm animal, in which the aim would be to make part of the vast food resources of green pasture directly available for human consumption.
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GRASS AS HUMAN FOOD. Nature 148, 90 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148090a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148090a0