The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22


manufacturing Of fuel, charcoal, fer
ton cheese occupies a very impor.
tant place in our diet and has an
unusually high food value. The
capable housewife can prepare some
very palatable cheese dishes, using
the receipts given in the bulletin for
her formulas.
i: = X 81.
The department informs the writer
that the number of bulletins on food
topics has reached the total of $685.
600. There are some twenty-fom
bulletins on food subjects, embrac-
ing the food value of milk, sugar,
bread, meats, fruits, and vegetables !;
methods of preparing food for the
table, and the care of food in the
home. To give one an idea of the
popularity of as we'll as the demand
for Uncle Sans household publica.
tons it is stated that over 100000
copies have been published of the
bulletin on bread making. Of the
one entitled Eggs and Their Uses
as Food" $4,000 copies were print.
ed. The one on canned fruit, pre-
serves and jellies was of course a
popular one, and, of this 10000
copies came off the government
printing presses. Bulletin No. 256,
on "The Preparation of vegetables
for the Table required an addition
of 100000 copies to supply the de-
mand. But the bulletin which heads
the list in the demands made for it
is Bulletin 391, THE Economical
Use of Meat in the Home" already
referred to. In the past two years
since this bulletin was published
eighteen regular editions, aggrega'
ting 100000 copies have been is.
sued, and, in addition, special re.
print of 100000 copies were ordered
by congress, making a total of 1920.
900 copies.
$: x -
One of the purposes in publish
ing the food bulletins was to help
solve the high cost of living prob.
lem. The department not only aids
the farmer in making two blades OF
grass grow where one grew before,
but enters the food department OF
the housekeeper and in providing for
the family table, to meet the daily
requirements for food, the tastes OF
the family, and the income. 1t is
therefore a most useful agent in
more ways than one. 1t has well
been said of this department that 1t
is the general welfare" bureau Of
the government. It's usefulness to
the people as whole is yearly
becoming more noticeable. 1t does
not attempt to do things for the
people, but it does pretend to direct
to cooperate with individuals all
over this broad land in home max.
ing and scientific home management.
1t is vast store house for use
full, scientific information. But more
than this: it is a great distributing
agency for this information. In
so far as it's resources permit, the
department sends bulletins to all
citizens of the United States who
request them, but the most wide
reaching distribution is made by
members of congress, who receive
as their annual quota from 10000 to
$4,000 copies. ~. ..-
Any hOusekeeper may secure a set
of bulletins which will have direct
bearing on her work, and materially
assist her in the management of her
home business, for the department
of agriculture takes the view that
housekeeping is a science. The fol
lowing bulletins are suggested as a
desirable selection for the house
wife who cares to add to her library
useful collection: No. 81 Meats,
Composition and Cooking" No. IS,
Fish as Food" No. SO, Sugar as
Food" No. 128 Eggs and their
Uses as Food" No. 1872, Poultry
as Food" No. 22O, Tomatoes" No.
249, Cereal Breakfast Foods" No.
252, Maple sugar syrup. NO. zoo,
Preparation of Vegetables for the
Table" No. 291, Evaporation of
Apples" No. 1893, use of Fruit as
Food" No. 298, Food Value of Corn
and Corn Products" No. 1872, Nuts
and their Uses as Food" No. 345,
"Some Common Disinfectants." No.
34S, Bacteria in Milk" No. 359,
Canning Vegetables in the Home. J"
No. 1863, "The Use of Milk as Food"
No. 375, Scare of Food in the Home.
No. 3S9, "Bread and Bread Making"
No. 391, Economical Use of Meat in
the Home" No. 413, THE Care of
Milk and It's Use in the Home" No.
459, House Flies" No. 487, Cheese
and It's Economical Use in the Diet"