Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
MODEL COTTAGES ToR HtE Poor MAN. PLANNED bI SANITATION SECTION. U .buREAU OF MINES

their food value. In all cases the facts are practical and of benefit to the woman in the kitchen. For instance, Uncle Sam says that when potatoes are peeled before cooking some nutritive material is re moved with the skin, This material amounts to an average loss of 20 per cent. The poor man S wife, who must make every ounce of nutrition count can save pennies if she makes it her busi- ness to get acquainted with facts of this sort.
 Cheese, beans, sugar and milk are given their proper places in this estimate of suggested for canning vegetables in the home, so that the housewife may take advantage of the low prices that prevail in the summer and prepare for the winter when the husbands work is apt to be desultory on account of bad weather.
 Fruits are recommended for greater use in the diet, they supply at the least cost much of the mineral matter that the body demands They are also of value be- cause they stimulate sluggish digestive organs. Ways of serving them and methods of canning and preserving them are included in the information collected along this line.
 These recipes have a special appeal to the poor mother. Jams and jellies spread upon bread have long constituted the favorite dessert of the poor mans chil- dren Now they can be supplied with these favorite delicacies at the minimum of cost and the maximum of purity
 Probably more indigestion is caused, dieticans say, by unpalatable bread than by all other badly cooked foods. The greatest care, Uncle Sam suggests. should be used in making and baking the dough and the finished loaf of bread.
 
 Cereals are of great value in the diet. Of the five most commonly used for breakfast food, oats contain the largest amount of the important nutritive quail ties. Wheat ranks next on the list, bran next, corn after that and rice and barley least of all. Thoroughness in cooking is the factor emphasized in connection with all cereals.
 For a family of four men employed at heavy muscular work Uncle Sam has prepared four daily menus containing fish as the principal article. Various precau- tionS for the purchaser of fish have been compiled for the education of the poor mans wife who is planning to curtail the food bill by substituting fish for meat. Milk-so necessary to the poor mans babies and difficult to obtain pure in hot summer months-has received special study from several of Uncle Sam's work CTS. One scientist in particular has rem dered great aid by preparing bulletin instructing the poor mother how to pas teurize milk at home.
 The care of all of these foods in the home, their utilization and storage with special emphasis upon the handling of dishes and cooking utensils, is the final investigation Uncle Sam has made to round out this vital survey of the poor mans existence.
 The place in which man lives is next in importance after his food. Realizing this and that the average poor man is apt to continue to live in the midst of unhealthy surroundings-simply l because he does not know how to better them-Uncle Sam has been greatly in terested in explaining how modern home conveniences may be installed at the least expense.
 Among the lesser of these conven- fences, but ones of considerable interest to the housewife practicing economy, are the ice box and the fireless cooker. Plans for building these cheaply, but at the same time effectively, have been includ- ed in the plans he has made for the equipment of model kitchen.
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 The bureau of chemistry of the De- partment of Agriculture has charge of the administration of the food and drugs act, which means the overseeing of the food and drug supplies that reach American homes. One result of this work is the reduction of cost to the con sumer of certain foodstuffs, through proper labelling Under the new labelling system the consumer is getting what he pays for instead of an unnutritious or injurious adulterant.
 The laboratory of the bureau of chem istry works also to prevent waste of materials produced on farms, and to maintain quality when they are being shipped to the consumer. A very inn portant item in the final cost of food stuffs to the consumer is the waste by decay and bad handling which is incurred all along the line, and for which some one must ultimately pay. This line of work is not only of help to the city man, but also to the farmer
 The chief of the office of farm man agen1ent, ". j. Spillnfan. has lately in- augnrated a policy which is step to- ward the direct education of the poor