The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-08
Tells of the Value of Milk as a
Food.
BIG DEMAND FOR DIRT
People Are Busily Fixing Up
Lawns and Parkings.
Warning Sounded About Litter
ing Up the Alleys.

Printed below is the second of a
series of milk lectures by Dr.
Campbell. city milk inspector. In
last nights State Journal the House
hold Don'ts'' were used as lecture NO.
1. These are not really lectures but
they are little articles that will come
out In substantial form in a week or
so and will be used for famlly IN
struction all over the state. Ine
booklet is printed by the stat
at the request of state officers
despite the fact that DIR. Campbell Is
preparing the work for Topeka use.
Milk as Food.
milk is very nearly a perfect food.
It contains all the ingredients neeueo
to build up the body and Keep IL IN
repair, and also the fuel to keep II
warm and energy and power necessary
to run the animal machine
1--WE live not upon what we eat, put
upon what we digest. Milk Is the
most easily digested animal FOODS.
Meat contains more nutriment 10 tne
pound than milk. but it is more diffi-
c,,if IF digestion. 1t is not so much
upon the nutriment contained in 1000
hit upon the amount the body is able
to assimilate that its food value de-
ponds. -
different people differ greatly I'll IN IN
their powers of digestion and IN the
amount of food required. but all are
aiiiSe in that they must have protein
for building and repairing the Dooy
machine and fuel. sugar, starches ana
fats. to keep it warm and to give II
@Of these two classes of food,
protein necessary for growth and re-
pair. and fuel necessary for neat anu
energy. the former is the more ex-
pensive and the more apt 10 De
deficient in the ordinary dietary.
s'The foods rich in protein are:
Fish veal lean beef, milk. Fowl, lean
pork. beans, peas, bread and eggs CON
tain a medium amount OF protein.
The sugars. starches and fats are the
fuels or the heat and energy producing
s.The daily> amount of protein re-
ouired differs considerably with the
age, occupation and with the IN
dividual but the average requirements
fer men at ordinary manual labor IS
% or a little more than one fourth
of a pound. The amount OF 1000 OF
the fuel class for a man having
moderate amount of muscular exero
else is enough to produce sow
Galleries or heat units. Men at
sedentarv occupations require about
four-ffths this amount. The daily re
c,uirements of protein for man at
ordinary muscular exercise can pc Iur-
nished in whole milk at a cost OF %
cents in skim milk at 10 cents, py
cents. or by oysters at $1.S5.
"AiI protein in milk is easily
digestible, that in meat somewhat less
easily digested, and that in vegetable
foods difficult of digestion"
city Engineer Rogers reports that
there is a big demand over the city for
dirt At this time of the year people
are grading their yards, raising their
parkings and filling in for improve
ments. Also at this time OF year inc
city is engaged in laying large
amount of paving and they are always
glad to get rid of the soil by dumping
A. on the premises of those who make
application. The city has not COM
menced the regular paving as yet and
Il is impossible to fill the orders and
satisfy the demand. Mr.. Rogers said
this morning that from the amount of
requests handed to him it looked as
though the citizens of the city were
planning vast improvements on their
property.
Since the proposed Mills building has
been contemplated the property owners
bordering the alley between Kansas
avenue and Jackson street and Ninth
and Tenth avenues have petitioned the
city council for a new pavement to run
through this alley. Naturally when the
new building is completed this alley
will increase in Importance and in
traffic and the paving OF the same will
be necessary. The city officials are not
sure that the alley can be paved on
account of the hardness of the petition
but all will be done that is possible.
The custodian of the city hall, j. S.
Weir. is working night and day clean
ing the wood work, windows, ETC., of
the offices of the city hall in prepara-
ton for the inauguration of the new
officers and new start of the admins
tration. Mr.. Weir has figured out that
he has 1873 windows to clean and %
doors. This is a task that will be a
question for one man to handle.
Today is the official ballot burning
day-alI of the last years ballots will
be burned behind the city hall this
afternoon. City clerk Burge will be