Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-15

be stored satisfactorily in water glass.
Boil nine gallons of water thoroughly
and then cool. and add one gallon of
water glass. Put the eggs in large
crooks and cover with the solution sc
that it stands two inches above the top
of the eggs and put parrafin on tip.
Keep as nearly at a temperature of Il
degrees as possible. Millions of dozens
of eggs which Georgia will need mex
winter may be preserved cheaply anG
satisfactorily in this manner.
Second, keep a brood SOW. A brood
SOW and her young may be maintained
on grazing crops and thus very cheap
supply Of pork obtained. A brood sow
narrowing several pigs and raising them
will supply a good-sized family with all
the meat in the form of pork they could
possibly use. If people in the country,
or for that matter in many of our small
err towns and cities, are short on pork or
pork products this fall they have no
one to blame but themselves, as pork
can be made as cheaply in Georgia as
anywhere else. In but few states can
it be made primarily on grazing crops
with the use Of so small an amount of
concentrates, such as corn.
Third, protect stored grain from Wee
vii Many of our food crops, such as
corn, cowpeas and other legumes, are
seriously injured for human food be-
cause We allow them to become infested
with weevils. If these crops were har-
vested and cleaned at the proper time
and put in suitable containers, they
could be treated with carbon bisulpMide
and the weevils killed and effectually
prevented from injuring the grains for
human food. The cost is but slight
The loss from the neglect of this sim
pie precaution, on the other hand, is
simply enormous.
Fourth, replace meat with legumes
and other protein substitutes. Soy
beans contain 32 per cent of protein
This is an essential element in the hu-
man dietary, as it builds up the tissues,
muscles and nerves. without protein.
for instance, fine dairy COW would
soon dry up. Human beings cannot get
along without ii. 1t is one of the
costly elements in our dietary, yet no
states in. the union can supply such
abundance of il so easily and cheaply
as Georgia. This is due to the great
variety of legumes, such as English
peas. beans. cowpeas, soy beans and
peanuts, which grow here with marked
success. An acre of one of these crops
would enable every family in Georgia to
have meatless days without lessening
the use of legumes we can make up a
part of the deficiency in meat supplies
| and so feed ourselves acceptably.
Fifth, use more milk. Milk is one of
the cheapest and most desirable of all
human foods. A good dairy COW will
produce from two and q half TO I've
tons of digestible food in year She
| is a wonderful machine for manufac-
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the most refined and satisfying ar
ticles which can be used for human
nutrition. She should be fed literally
and her product used as a substitute
| for meat, fish, canned vegetables and
other products which cost infinitely
more in proportion to their nutritive
value.
Sixth, use war bread and save wheat
| for the army. If the people of the
| United States would use corn meal once
daily in place of wheat for bread, ap-
proximately 200 100000 bushels of
wheat could be saved for the use of
our armies and our allies. Our supplies
of wheat bread could be made to go
from 25 to so per cent further if one
Quarter to one-half of the white flour
now used was diluted with a proper
percentage of corn meal, oat meal soy
bean meal crushed peanuts or sweet
and Irish potatoes. These breads are
delightful and more highly nourishing
than the wheat bread we now use so
largely. The products out of which
war bread is made may be produced in
Georgia in abundance.
Seventh, modify the standard of liv-
| ing We eat too much because of the
abundance and variety Of the food sup
ply which has always been at our COM
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not uncommon for there to be two kinds
of meat on the table Various. other
dishes are duplicated. There may be
| several vegetables, for instance, used
| on one occasion This is a form of
extravaganza which should not be prac-
ticed under existing conditions. The
standard of living may be modified
without injury to the family so that
the present high cost of things can be
offset in large measure. We could also
set free large quantities of food for
the starving Belgians and the armies
Of our allies. We can render no more
important patriotic service.
Eight, follow a rationing system for
the family and the live stock. If this
were done we would be better nour-
| ished at a less cost and in more
satisfying manner than is now true. We
cverfeed our families and our live stock
! on certain elements, while our ratlons
are notably deficient in others which
are Just as essential. We often waste
| the most expensive element, whereas,
we have a superabundance at hand OF
! the cheaper element. The time has
come when we must study human and
animal nutrition from scientific ana
| economic poitn of view. The saving TO
be effected in this direction is very
'reat.
Ninth, study market needs and supply
/ he same. There is a deficiency in our
| local markets of many essential 1000
materials which can be produced by
| the farmers to advantage. survey
! of the needs of the town and or the
community should, therefore, be made
At once in order that the deficiency may
be provided from local sources
Ten. study grading and packing so
! that any surplus food crops produced
I'm the community may be put up In a
| form which meets the requirements OF
the trade and thus enable them to be
sold with advantage and proht on any
market in the United States.
Eleventh study dietetics ana pur-
chase food economically. AS ALREADY
nointed out. for instance, a quart or
milk costing 10 cents contains as much
nutriment RS a pound of beefsteak cost
ing 25 10 80 cents. A quart Of mix
| contains the same food nutrients as VI
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