El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-18

, more common as consumers realize
| that such milk is worth the extra cost
tails.
Carbonated MILK Vow.
"Carbonated" milk. charged with
carDollc acla gas under pressure. is
now sold IN syphOns. Stored in the
household refrigerator. it will keen
| fresh four or five months. Thougb
the cream separates IN the TASKS If
may be thoroughly remixed by littIe
shaking as the milk comes from, tbe
bottle. It comes out in a fOamv n1ase-
slightly acid, and with a pleasant fla
YOr. An agreeable beverage. if is like
~ to prove a valuable food for in
valids and children who are not able
to digest ordinary milk easily. This
idea. by the way, was developed by the
New York state agricultural station.
Make billiard Balls From MILK
An important new use for milk has
been found in the manufacture of bill
lard balls, buttons and a great variety
of other things from the "easein. -
which dried, reduced to a powder, and
mixed with formalin, produces q sub
stance of great hardness resembling
ivory. This substance is smooth to the
touch, has a soft, creamy tint. is not
married by soap or water, does not chin
or crack like bone, and, unlike cellu-
loid, is fireprOof.
The material is employed for dolls
heads, handles Of umbrellas and golf
sticks, penhOlders, fancy boxes, card
cases, piano keys, and numerous other
articles for which ivory would be ap-
prOpriate. 1t may even be utilized as
a substitute for stone. In fact, one
could build a house of milk and il
would last as wei as if of granite
Many people think of milk as a bev-
erage rather than as a food. and do not
realize that glass of it adds as much
to the nutritiye value of a meal as a
quarter of a loaf of bread or a good
slice of beef. A quart Of average milk
contains the same amount of nutritiye
ingredients as three quarters Of q
pound of beef or six ounces of bread.
skim Milk NOurishine.
Skim milk is strongly recommended
by the experts of the department Of
agriculture They say that the notion,
commonly held by housewives, that
only whole milk is fit to use is an
error, and often wasteful one. For
growing children, who need large
quantities of both fuel and muscle
making stuff, two quarts Of skim milk
will supply more than is furnished by
one quart of whole milk. On the farm
skim milk is usually considered fit
only for the pigs; but, as a matter of
fact it is a useful and economical food
for human beings, and highly avail
able for cooking purposes.
Two and q half quarts of skim milk
will furnish nearly the same amount
of protein. and have the same fuel
value, as a pound of lean beef (such
as round steak, and viii cost only
fraction of the price. Two quarts Of
skim milk have a greater nutritive
value than quart of oysters. The
oysters will cost from 80 to so cents,
and the skim milk from 4 to 6 cents.
The milk sugar, which is one of the
most important nutrients of milk (the
latter containing percent of it,, is
much ike cane sugar in chemical COM
position. but is only slightly sweet.
Usually it is marketed as a fine pow
der, much like confectiOner's sugar in
appearance, and is largely used by
Pharmacists and physicians as a We
hicle for drugs in the preparation of
powders, pills. tablets, etc. The man
ufacture Of milk sugar from whey is
an important industry.