The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-06

~ OF only how 70 conserve the
health OF my household, but
how 70 conserve my house
keeping allowance are the
Two things I an learning from the
present articles on the food value Of
milk. Miss Carroll 20 remarked a woman.
who called me over the telephone today
70 thank me for giving space on the
Woman's Page 10 the series OF articles
on miIk and its use in the home written
by experts OF the Department Of Agri-
culture
In today's issue OF The Times. our
readers VIII learn The Economical Use
OF AIilk,-' this being the second install
nent Of the article on The Food value
OF MIX" written by Miss Caroline
Hunt, expert in nutrition, Of the Office
OF Experiment Stations, Department Of
Agriculture Says Miss liant:
IN order TO make plain what is meant
BY the statement that If is very often
economical 10 serve milk in place OF
other foods, but extravagaE- 70 add II
10 a meal which from the point Of view
OF nourishment IS already. ADEQUATE. the
following menu is given. which may be
called q 'mukless- bill OF fare, as no
mix IS supplied, except in so far as IL
enters Into the composition Of the cake
or other dishes:
Breakfast-Oranges, eggs on toast,
coffee with cream
''Luncheon-CoId lamb. potato salad.
tea. bread and butter, preserves, and
plain cake
''Dinner-sIrloin steak. potatoes. as
paragus. bread 49, butter. strawberry
shortcake-
Nourshmeut Depands
Upon Size OF the Portions.
'The nosrishment IN such bill OF
fare. which has been selected not be
cause Il IS any more desirable than
Thousand others which might have
been chosen. but merely TO give some
thing TO discuss. would Of course de
pend on the size Of the portions
served For the purpose OF giving
some idea Of how large the portions
should be, let US imagine that the
family being served cOntiscs OF a
man, a woman, a boy Of fifteen, and
a girl OF twelve Tt IS quite generally
agreed that this Auily would usually
eat and would in fact. need about 5-5
as much food as one man would need
Without going into al the figures "a
may be considered that such a family
would get enough uOuT1ST UeIL from
the above bin Of fare. 81 the amounts
Of foods used per day were ? pounds
OF meat IL pounds OF HOUR = pound
81 bs4rter Cor Of butter and other fats.
oil, or drippinEs). / pint OF cream, s
eggs. = pound Of sugar, oranges,
hounds of potatoes. I bunch OF as
DaraEus, box Of berries. and / pint
OF canned fruit
these materials would supply the
required fuel and would give 11'2
ounces Of prOCeids. the amount usually
considered TO be needed each day by
the family OF the size given above
The cost OF food materials, IN case
meat IS 90 cents q pound, butter 40
cents. eggs "A cents q dozen. Conee
IS cents a pound, cream % cents q
pint oranges 80 cents e dozen pcIa-
toes 81 q. busheI. asparagus Is cents
a bunch, and straw berries ID cents
box. would be not far from SL6l
What Mix Means
II Added to the Bill
ssIf MIX were taken as beverage
in addition 10 the other materials II
this bin Of fare, every quart so used
would increase the prOteids unneces-
sariIy by more than an ounce When
IL is considered that the entire allow
ance for the four people per day IS
only III ounces, IL VIII be seen mat
this addition IS quite significant The