Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-12
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Is
GETTING NEAR TO THE HOMES
OF THE PEOPLE.
-OIAls WITH ARTICLES
USED AND THINGS RAISED
Nest Useful Of All Departments Of
oovornnrsnt - Bulletins Issued BY
Secretary Wilson and His Aides Cir
euiated and Read BY MiIIions-Other
Warrington News.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Washington. Feb. 12.-What Uncle
Sam is doing for the American house
wife IL set forth in recent statement
issued by the department OF agriculture.
1t is pointed out that no other branch
of the general government comes SO
near to the life of the people as the
department OF agriculture. which deals
with the cotton and other hbers OF
which clothes are made the aocks and
herds which the farmers raise. the
crops the farms produce. the food we
all eat and the timber of which our
houses are built.
Gets Close to PEG Pile.
The cloSereSs Of the relation be-
tween the department and the people
is in great measure due 20 the fact
that the use which is made OF agricul-
tural products receives as much at
tention as their production. and the
great bulk Of these products are used
in the home. Commenting on TINS
phase of the departments Tor.l Sec
rotary Wilson said today:
Commercial industries were long
ago studied by scientific methods since
it was found that gaining knowledge
by experience was much more costly
than gaining it by systematic study II
is only lately that we have come TO
realize that it is equally profitable 20
study the housekeepere problems. FIJI
ty years ago few such questions had
been taken TO the laboratory and fe"
schools gave instruction in SUCH SUD
1ects. Today very many men and wo-
men Of scientific training have taken
the home problem 70 the laboratory
and are finding ways Of helping the
housekeeper to solve her problems sat
tsfactorily. More than one hundred
AGRICULTURAL and ether colleges in the
United States now offer courses IN
home economics. as this general sub
3ect Of the study Of home problems is
called and cooking or some other
branch Of the subject is taught in hun
dreds Of high schools in the United
STATE. The department Of agriculture
has studied many questions which re-
late To the use Of agricultural products
an the farm and in the home. but per-
haos none of them has a closer rela-
tion to the household than the nutrl-
@ion investigations of the office OF ex-
neriment stations which have to DC
With the use Of agrlculaurtal products
"a human foods. and whose object Is
:, he,, the housewife IN her efforts 10
rroyide good living at reasonable cost
without undue labor.
Many Bulletins Issued.
The results Of the work have oeen
summarized in farmers bulletins
tventy-four r number. on great va
rietv Of topics such as the 1000 Ta-ue
Of milk. sugar bread, meats, rrul's' aho
vegetables: methods Of preparing fooo
for the table and the care OF 1000 III
tho home The first edition o. farm
.,s. b,,lie.ins On food topics. as IS the
case with all farmers bulletins. is rel
atively small and reprints are issueo
only a. they are needed 70 meet t'i7
oonplar demand That the In1oFIna1lo'i
presented has been appreciated 10
shown By the fact that total OF $500
ono COPIES has been required up 10 Gaze
70 meet the demand. or ore ouHettH ~
avery ten persons Of the ninety ooo
millions making up the popuialioh oi
tina United states. In the case OF e"e'S
one of these bulletins over loo,Voo cop
10. have beeu needed 10 meet the re-
nust for them. and in the majority OIL
.a.a. three or four times this numpel'
the demand. apparently. having a.
vet relation to the subject-matter' 'hs
huI,etins dealing with the commones'
food materials being the most poputa'
Th,,. over 10000 copies have been
,uh1fslhed Of the bulletins on pfedo
making. Of farmers bulletin lzs, Eggs
ard Their Uses as Food. 9oo.ooo COPIES
have been distributed. and OF Farmers
bulletin 121, Beans, Peas. ana o.nei
Yexunee as Food 42o,ooo copies ihe
-nublieatione which deal with the prep
,rat;on Of food have been parucuiails
sn,xht after. Insofar az It's resources
permit, the department. OF sricu.lui
sends farmers bulletins to all citlzehs
Of the United States VINO request lhsin
but the most wide-reach'hs uis. ~"
.;ar q. that made by member. of con-
sres.. AZ whole. the 1a1hers o
l.tin. which reach every state and
a,,,t. ana almost every village and
farm. have had a wonderful inhuen &c
=, farming. as shown by improved
methods Of cultivation, better crops
ara natter utilization Of the crops a1tef
they are grown. A.
20 The figures quoted with respect eo
nutrition problems shown clearly the
ho,sexife appreciates the farmers
briletins which deal with mel
oroblems, as fully as does the farmer
those which pertain to his work The
w,despreaA distribution Of Information
vertainnig to home problems means q
relative increase in the available fooc
supply since It makes possible better
ana more economical use OF available
resources and shows how unnecessary
waste and loss may be avoided.
The department Of agriculture moi
only helps to make two blades OF
Grass grow where one grew before ou'
also helps the housekeeper in her Ell
fofts to make one do the work OF two
IN providing for the family table te
meet the daily requirements for food
the tastes of the family. and the famil'
inkoNnD