Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-03

.~sa 4 one Of the most YaiaAoie
n-osgets. but for some reason
ants consumption q y III
- Ir-,,es states Is very small Ths
- doe. IN part 70 the beiei
-, eAeese is rot easily dsess
]. sh.stered in a bulletin issued
-. nqvartment Of Agriculture IN
800 Il Is stated that experiments
icing tvo years have proved 2
r,gslvely that the CONTRARY uue
~ ,aleltin presents a strOss
-, FOR The increased cOnsumPue.
essese both FROM the point
- n economy ana for rs superior
food vzte. ,..rhv
~. SKIS. Who are very heAiu.s
@.uas,e eat largely Of cheese; N
-, bread and cheese form ne
S-rss,er part Of the diet q mans o.
,sem Many other EnropeAn d
,so.- "a, largely Of cheese The MN
ers AZ England consume much 9
.b.ase made in the Unitea
go Ia Germany large quantities.
= ne cheap but highly hAsofea
- MIN cheeses. such as hama
- are eaten. Heretofore cheese
lhas seldom been regarded seriously
~ consumers u any class IN NE
lUn,ted states as a possible cheap
uap,e food. All consumers Of CHEESE
ain very few exceptions. use y a.
Il luxury in small quantities at com
~uaratyely rare Intervals
Prices Compared TO Meat.
while in the aggreeate a Arse
ouant,ty q cheese Is eaten IN fhe
lrn,,sd states, the Quantiy is nes'
ar,se,ess almost negligible Esea
compared with some other products
.lot Ess food value and inferior psia'
ability. A pound Of cheese h4'
~,asr,y The sane food value as i've
po.nds Of fresh beef or any othe'
fresh meat as food; 1t Is worth a.
mpch as or more than a pound o
ham and i more digesuble, and ;
Is eqTal to two pounds Of eggs o
Three pounds of fish In price sOo,
/ cheese made from unskimmed MIN
sho,t a third more than rounS
a steak and twice as much as .
I -lcbeaper boiling beef, while II eosu
! practically the same a pound q
A smoked ham and bacon j cosii
elusually a third more than fresh ilsh'
Cottage cheese or cheese mAo'
ulfrom partially skinned milk =
cbeaper even than the American 0
Cheddar cheese. The first cost
sbout oDe-third as much and tn
4, uartly skinned produst about i've
thirds as much as the so-called "fui
r ~cream- cheese. Practically the onl
!. flood product that rivals cheese Il
food value and cheapness Is Dire
o lbeans. In view of its food value u
m IA matter of some wonder why theI
a lis not more Of a demand for chess
especially by people Of hmi'e
Id means.
# Americans Eat Too Much meS'
The people of the United state
4, eonsume between 169 and iSb pound
: of meat annually per capita, beside
n. fish and poultry. while the Annua
eopsumption of cheese is only aoou
four pounds peroapita. The oni
a way 10 account for cheese is on th
A. basis Of custom and lack Of know.
< edge. Cured pork. ham and bacon
X. about seven times the value 9
cheese are eaten annually. Thes
ia pork products are usually eaten b
rs the poorer classes who cannot a.
a. ford 10 buy fresh meat, but WI
= could afford to buy cheese, an
In cheese makes a better food IN IN
dietary, because Of the high pro'es
m. Tcontent
nj s. NJ. Jordon, The Missouri Cor
70 MAN. was IN Audraln. through th
~ Ledgers invitation. 10 investigate 81
mel eral farms where dry forming metl
no DDS had been tried and not prove
successful. Your paper Is giyin
Of us SO much assistance in the sprea'
np ing of our propaganda for the bett'
Ior ment Of agricultural conditions sal
Mr.. Jordon, that We feel dut,
bound TO correct any mistakes in
,as territory in fairness to you as we
of as the farmer"
nd Mr.. Jordon says there are ma
itv counties in the State where the col
in will give a good yield In Audrab
for there are many farmers using Il
nth dry methods among them Charl'
or. Householder, a member of Il
ers State Board of Agriculture. He to
her Mr.. Jordon. recently that he WI
ur- having great success with III
the method. Mr.. Jordon has a list
to questions which asks a planter VII
ate ever he discovers the dry meth'
in proving a failure and in the list he
nto sure TO discover the true reason {
the failure in results.
the Mr.. JordOn advocates the silo al
DIV. says if the farmer had " a SIN;
fan silo on his place to-day he could ut
IN ize his earless cornstslks and ha
for feed enough to keep the cattI
which he is now shipping to mark
the regardless of price. While sllage
ing better With the grain in it yet wiz
hat out the grain it serves the purpoi
ent He suggests a group Of farmers ere
ing a large silo, II they feel tn
It'll cannot afford to own one themsely'
re In this way they a always ha
he feed.
Of Milford Berry has rented so acr
ing Of wheat ground from Earl Carter.
Oats bring Acc a bushel, sou.
In west Of Mexico. Jno. J. Byrns ].
in Hutts ard A. +. Blair bought qua
AS titles at this price from Tony y
Cune this week.
his Farmers southwest Of this cI
Is are feeding wheat OF late, owl
sea- to the scarcity OF corn, Henry
bus has sold 20 bushels to j.
nty Hutts. sixteen bushels TO Theo. NJ
the Ter and Is bushels 10 Mr.. Rnss