The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-09-26
is IT CHEAPER TO
BAKEOR BUY BREAD?

Shall bread be baked IN the home
Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, dean Of Ii,
home economies department Of tht
Oregon Agricultural College, believes
it is not only cheaper TO bake at home
but that the bread is more wholesome
nourishing and cleaner. She has fg
ures to support her argument.
"All intelligent women are now in
terested in discussing questions relst
ing to industries in the home anC
those which can with advantage be
taken out OF the home and carried on
in large factories or centers, says
Mrs. Calvin.
''In regard to the production Of
bread, certain factors must be eonsid-
cred, as the comparative cost Of the
home produced article and that pur-
chased, the comparative quality and
cleanliness, and the general sanitary
conditions.
'ln considering the cost Of home
baked bread, it may be figured as fol-
lows: Cost of flour for four loaves,
three pounds, II cents: cost OF liquid.
one quart skinned milk, "a cents; cost
of yeast, one cake compressed. two
cents; cost of salt. sugar, lard, one
cent; total cost of materials, l6B
cents cost of materials for one loaf a
cents.
ITO the cost of materials must be
added the cost of fuel used in the bak.
ing. If gas is used at 81 thousand
it, will add two cents to the cost max
ing each loaf cost a cents. II gaso-
line is used, at IL cents a gallon the
fuel will cost L cents for four loaves.
If the ordinary coal range is used, the
actual cost of baking will vary with
the use made of other parts of the
range at the same time, since thrifty
housewife will bake while cooking
other foods or while ironing, If no
other use is made of the range heat.
the cost of baking will be nearly the
same as when gasoline is used
Thus it is figured that the actual
cash cost of one loaf of home made
bread will be ~ cents if made with
compressed yeast. Home made yeast
will save about one-third of cent on
each loaf, the actual cost being about
3 cents.
"This loaf will weigh one pound. A
bakers loaf weighs about Is ounces
and costs five cents. That is, four
pounds of bakers bread costs rs cents
and four pounds of home made bread
about lss cents, gain of nearly seven
cents.
"The time required for making
bread is about one hour. There are
many hours of housewives time
which do not net her seven cents saw
ing. There is little doubt but that the
of housekeepers can so man
age their duties that home baking will
pay from the cash standpoint. A
wage earning woman, such as a
teacher, cannot afford to make her own
bread if it is considered from the
money side only. nor could the over
worked mother afford it if seven cents
was all that was gained.
Thus we come to consider the ques- |
Ilon of quality. The highest grade Of |
Materials has been used in the home |
made article. 1t has the highest nutri- |
i've value. If rightly made it is
weet, we'll baked. palatable and at
ractive. Bakers bread is too often
lightly acid. over raised and under
laked. Under baked bread contributes
o dyspepsia and all its attendant evils.
80, perhaps it pays to make good home
made bread for digestion's sake.
Watch the bakers wagon being
oaded In the early mornnp hours. |
he coat, the gloves that were worn |
When the horses were harnessed are |
till on. The bread is piled high on
he sleeves of the coat; it is handled
y those gloves. Is the bread wagon |
cry clean? Does the driver pile |
ood deal of bread on the front box
nd then pass the lines over it? In
he hot summer days do the flies rise
rom the filth of the road when the
'agon stops and swarm into the
'agon? Are you certain that the
akeshop kitchen is as clean as YOUR
wn? Did you ever find something
nattractive in your bread?
Perhaps it pays to bake bread at
ONE because of better sanitary cond-
ons. Money is not the only measure
worth. The seven cents gain is but
part of the total gain.