DEGENERATE GERMAN PEASANTS.
■Some curious statistics come from Southern Ilailen. During the recent enrolment of recruits in the Linduu and Allgau districts, out of 004 young men liable for service,only 20 were found who were up to the physical standard required by the military authorities, 217 were placed on the doubtful list, and the unusual number of 07 were, put aside as wholly unlit for active service. It seems that the peasantry ill those districts were at one among the mo»t vobusf in the empire, but owing to the Hrst place of the dcarness of meat, anil to the lact that milk, which was once one of their staple articles of food, is llow carefully collected for cheese factories. their physique has sunk to u dangerously low level. Their principal food lor years has been potatoes and skimmed milk.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 July 1907, Page 4
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139DEGENERATE GERMAN PEASANTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 July 1907, Page 4
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