THE FREEDOM WAY
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Some frugal buyers can shade even this report. There is V.
Berglin, of Tucson, Arizona, for example. For years he has
not spent more than $75 to $90 per year for his food, only
$6 to $10 per month - and he is one of the best-nourished
and peppiest individuals in the Southwest.
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One month's supply for a simple liver - this is an actual
marketing list of a man who has followed this system for
living for a long time - would run like this: 20 lbs. white
flour, 10 lbs. corn meal; 6 lbs. bacon; 1 lb. salt pork; 1
lb. coffee; 1/4 lb. tea; 5 lbs. sugar; 10 lbs. potatoes; 3
lbs. macaroni; 2 lbs. raisins; 3 lbs. navy beans; 6 large
packages each of corn flakes and oat meal; 12 cans of
condensed milk. The cost will run you at today's prices
around $12. And that, plus fresh meat which you will pick
up or fish you will catch or small game you will snare or
trap, will sustain you easily and well and give you a
feeling of satisfaction and creature comfort.
One of the saddest stories from World War II told of a
British aviator whose plane was shot down over the jungle.
He parachuted to safety but soon became lost and before he
could reach friendly hands; before searching parties could
reach him; his strength was exhausted and he died of
starvation. When found, the body was lying in a bed of
purslane-a common weed found in various parts of the world.
In Europe, poor families often use purslane as a salad, and
nutritionists have found that this common weed has a food
value about equal to green string beans. The unknowing
flyer had actually starved to death in the midst of plenty.
Southern California today is one of the richest
agricultural areas in the world. Rich soil and mild climate
make for year around harvesting. But yet when the Spanish
fathers first ventured into this territory they faced
several years of precarious existence. Time after time they
were on the verge of starvation and on the point of
abandoning the enterprise. The small sailing boats took
months to make the difficult journey from Mexico against
adverse winds, tides and storms. Many of the crew died of
scurvy each trip, and the meager supplies they, could bring
were always inadequate to support the few dozen soldiers
and priests in the early California missions. By luck,
prayer and near-starvation they managed to hang on until
gardens and crops could be planted and harvested and a
livelihood assured.
But in the meantime, there were many tribes of simple
Indians whom the Franciscan monks had come to Christianize.
These peoples - and anthropologists estimate they numbered
about 100,000 had few or no clothes, only the simplest
kinds of snares and weapons, and their homes were rude
shelters of boughs, on the lee side of rocks. They needed
nothing more. They lived on seeds, small birds and animals,
the fruits and pulp of certain cactus and other desert
plants, and their principal food was a meal ground from the
abundant acorns of the live oaks and made into a porridge
or baked into cakess and bread.
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