The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25

(which Is q very general habit IN we
United states). rapid eating ana i,n-
proper food Such dietetio habits m
jure our people more than tae iisSiii
pcrnte use of alcohol.
1t would be easy to prepare iohs IONS
list showing the comparative nu'ri.iNe'
value ais,l cost Of milk and other,
articles of food; but the limits OF my
paper will not permit It, and VII
use but few Illustrations of the KIM.
Those who wish such Information can
get 1t in Farmers Bulletins NO. -,
entitled MIX MS Food" and No l4a.
entitled principles of Nutrltlon ana
Nutritive Value of Food" Both are
published by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture which VIII i
furnish them upon request lhere IS
also an extended list in Tie Year Book
OF the United states Department OF
Agriculture for 1895
Nourishmcnt III Milk.
A quart OF whole milk has about |
the same food value as half q pound
OF beefsteak or five average eggs; one
quart of skim milk contains u little
more nourishment than a pint of solid
oysters and an ordinary glass (half
pint) of buttermilk is as nutritious MS
half pint of solid oysters, two ounces
OF bread or Il fair sized potato; but
the milk II properly used has greater
food value than these illustrations IN
dictate. because it can be moro thor
oughly digested and the body woulo
thereby derive more benefit from tne
milk than from the other FOOD. rms
should always be considered in esti- !
mating the actual or available food
value of milk as compared with other
foods.
There is, however, n great difference
in the digcstibility of the milk OF dif
ferent breeds. Experience as phS-
stefan taught me this many years ago
though l did not learn it until num-
her of children had died under my care
from the effect of milk containing
high percentage OF fat In large glo-
p,les. This was a terrible tuition, but
/ have never forgotten the lesson, ana
have since tried to save parents, chill
dren and physicians from such eHpeSI
rlence. Many infants can digest the
so-called rich milk. but many cannot;
and It is much more difficult for both
infants and adults to digest than other
milk. During recent years the COM
parative food value. based upon dises-
atibility, of the milk of different breeds
Inns been studied by a number of scien-
fists. among whom Professor Carlyle.
of the Wisconsin Experiment station,
and ]. Allen Gilbert, Phi. D. NJ. D.. are
prominent. A Very able paper. giving
the results of the first six months
work of DR.. Gilbert. was published IN
the New York Medical Record OF Octo-
bers 81 1906 and has been extensively
copied and highly commended by lead
ing medical and literary journals in
both Europe and America. The wide
and intelligent interest shown in the
subject indicate that people are anxious
to learn more about diet and health.
The temperament and treatment of
cows make a great difference in the
quality and uniformity of milk. Those
who have charge of cows that are
being officially tested have an excellent
opportunity to observe this. The pres
euce of strangers in the stable and
around the cows when being MIXED
will often affect both the quantity and
quality Of the milk. Unkind or cruel
treatment Will always do it. In select
ing a COW for her milk. l would be
governed much as / used to be when
| choosing human wet nurse. l always
| tried to find a nurse Of vigorous con-
! stitution. quiet. easygoing tempera-
ment. uninhuenced by external disturb
ances, good glandular development
| abundance of good milk. freedom from
! disease or tendency to disease. good
| healthy child of her own. and good
family history. ] have known infants
i who were never sick before made dan
4 gerously i'll by nursing soon after their
mother had been very angry or badly
. frightened and there are well anthem
. ticated cases on record of healthy in
4 fants dying from the effect Of their
mothers milk under similar circum-
4 stances, although it had agreed with
them before.
/ An To Laws Concerning Milk.
4 The best use for skim milk and but
termilk is as human food for which
!. they are Undoubtedly most valuable.
1 We should insist upon laws and ordi-
nances permitting their sale for that
purpose. Their more general use as
food would enable those who should
economic to get wholesome, highly
valuable food at low cost. Those
interested in preventing their sale say
that it would make it impossible &c
, prevent the sale of adulterated milk as
: pure milk. This is unreasona BILE. be.
cause the test for butter fat could be
, applied to whole milk as ii now is. arC
!, the test for solids other than fat coulc
be used to prevent the sale of adul'
a terated skim milk and buttermilk. Blu
! skim milk and buttermilk have a hisf
/ value as food for domestic animals
/, The best single article upon this sub
: 0eCt. TO WHICH can lelel you WI
written by the late Henry +. Alvord
G. e., and published in the Year Bool
of the Department of Agriculture TO
!, 1897. 1t contains a great deal of usefu
: Information. He quotes a paragraph
I from Dean w. A. Henry OF the Uni
Z vcrsity of Wisconsin. who is probabl.
the highest authority on feeding do
a nestle animals, which I give you. be
d cause it emphasizes much of what
have said regarding the value OF mill
as human food: skim milk has
higher value with stockmen than mere
: ~ serving as Il substitute for grair
r All Of the constituents of milk are di
: gestible, and this by-product OF tn
e creamery is rich in muscle and bone
e building constituents. The writer con
II Quoted experiments in which milk an
Is other foods were fed to pigs for tn
; purpose of escertaining the effect c