The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
UNCLE SANS WORK FOR
AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE.


No other branch of tho general gov
crnment comes 50 near To the HE oil
the people as the United states de-
parment OF agriculture. which deals
with the cotton and other fibers oil
which our clothes are made. the hocks
and herds we raise. the crops we pro
duce. the food we eat. ana the timber
OF which our houses are built.
The closeness OF the relation be-
tween the department and the people
is In great measure due TO the fact
| that the use which is made of agricul-
tural products receives as much at
tention as their production, and the
great hulk of these products are used
in the home Commenting on TINS
phase of the departments work Secre-
tary Wilson said today: Commercial
Industries were long ago studied by
scientific methods since IL was found
that gaining knowledge by experience
vas much more costly than gaining IL
by systematical study II is only late
~ that We have combe to realize thai
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housekcepers problems. FIFTY years
ago few such questions had been
taken 10 the laboratory and few
schools gave instruction i'm such SUD-
jects. Today very many men and wom-
on OF scientific training have taken the
home problem TO the laboratory and
are finding ways OF helping the house
keeper to solve her problems satisfac-
tory. More than 100 agricultural and
other colleges in the United states now
offer courses i'm home economies, as
this general subject Of the study OF
home problems is called, and coolSine
or some other branch OF the subject IL
taught in hundreds of high schools IN
the United States. The department of
agriculture has studied many questions
| which relate to the use of agricultural
products on the farm and in the home
but perhaps none OF them has closer
| relation TO the household than the nut
rition Investigations of the office of eX-
pertinent stations. which have to dc
with the use of agricultural products
as human foods, and whose object Is To
help the housewife in her efforts to
provide good living at reasonable cost
without undue labor"
The results of the work have been
summarized in Farmers bulletins,
twenty-four in number on a great
variety OF topics. such as the food Of
milk. sugar. bread. meats. fruits, and
vegetables: methods of preparing food
for the table, and the care of food In
the home. The first edition of Farm
ers' bulletins on food topics, as is the
case with all Farmers bulletins, is
relatively small and reprints are issued
only as they are needed to meet the
popular demand That the informa
ton presented has been appreciated Is
shown by the fact that total of g.
96S ,00O copies has been required up tC
date to meet the demand, or one bull
letin to every ten persons of the ninety
odd millions making up the popula-
tion Of the United states. In the case
of every one of these bulletins ovel
! lOO.000 copies have been needed tt
meet the request for them, and in th'
majority of cases three or four times
this number, the demand. apparently
having a direct relation to the subject
matter. the bulletins dealing with thu
commonest food materials being th'
most popular. Thus, over 100000 cop
les have been published OF the bulletins
ON bread making. or Farmers bulle
tin 12S, Eggs and Their Uses as
| Food" $4,000 copies have been dis
| tributed, and of Farmers bulletin 12l
"Beans. Peas, and other Legumes az
Food" 100000 copies. The publications
which deal with the preparation o.
| food have been particularly sought af'
ter. 10000 copies having been ISSUED
| of Farmers bulletin 203. Canned
| Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies-House'
| hold Methods of Preparations" ano
| 100000 copies of Farmers bulletin 256
| preparation Of Vegetables for the Ia
BILE" The bulletin which heads the lis
In the demands which have been made
for il il Farmers bulletin 391, Econ
omical Use of Meat in the Home.
which discusses the preparation OF thii
staple food material with reference t.
economy as well as palatability. In tn
two years since this bulletin was pub
lishcd eighteen regular editions, aggre
eating 100000 copies have been is
sued by the Department of Agriculture
and, in addition. special reprint o
! 500, 900 copies ordered by Congress
making total Of 100000 copies. u
$50 far as its resources permit the de
partment of agriculture sends Farmers
bulletins to all citizens of the United
States who request them, but the mos
wide reaching distribution Is ina
made by members of Congress. AS {