The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-12
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gram was given. The regular Filler
demonstration will take place July
IS. The following is the schedule for
the period Miss Kelly will be here,
some days two or more districts being
reached:
Filler, July IL; Maroa, July -;
Poplar Hill, July 10; Twin Falls,
July IA; Glover. July 16; Hansen and
Excelsior, July II; Filler July IS;
Syringa, July 10; Rock Creek and
Pleasant Valley, July 20; Cedar Draw,
July %; North View, July "a; Bull,
July %; Lucerne, July 20; Castleford,
Fairview and Poplar Grove, July 81;
Twin Falls, July 28.
Miss Kelly makes the following an
nouncement:
THE extension division has receiv-
ed a limited number of farmers Bull
letins Sal OF drying fruits and vege-
tables in the home. We do not have
enough to send out to the entire mail
ing list. Anyone dropping a card, ad-
dressed to the extension division,
state house, Boise, will receive one
of these bulletins as long as the sup
ply lasts. We also have instructions
for making an iceless refrigerator,
These can be secured in the same
way"
AS a sample of what may be done in
the way of substitutes, the following
is taken from the Weekly News Let
ter of the department of agriculture:
The most practical means of reduc-
ing table expense without decreasing
the wholesomeness and adequacy of
the diet lies in increased use of GER
cal foods, especially boiled giains,
mushes, and breads made Of corn
meal and cereals other than wheat.
Cereals contain most of the impor-
tant food elements which the body
needs and yet are comparatively a
source of starch, needed by the body
to yield energy. They furnish also
considerable quantities of protein, one
of the most important and usually one
of the most expensive food elements,
needed to build the body and keep it
in good repair. In addition, cereals
furnish minerals matter, fats fiber,
and, especially if part of the bran is
left in, little-known substances which
regulate activities.
Cereals therefore may be used us
the relatively inexpensive basis for
meals. It then becomes necessary
oily to eat with them comparatively
small quantities of higher-priced food
to make up a proper balance among
the needed elements.
When animal foods or other nitroge-
foods, fruits, and vegetables also
are used in the diet, the various grain
products may be interchanged freely
as availability, cost, or preference die
tates. The starch of all the cereals
is practically the same. Protein, fat,
and mineral matter vary somewhat in
different kinds, but so sligl ,ly
the difference need not be con-
in the ordinary mixed diet.
In such a diet therefore corn or oat
meal, for example, may be satisfac-
torily substituted for wheat when the
latter is scarce, without detracting
from the whOlesomeness of the meals.
The most common form in which
cereal food is consumed is bread. The
food value of bread, however, comes
from the cereal of which it is made,
and it makes little difference whether
we get Il cereal ration in baked or
boiled form. If cereals are 10 be
made a more important feature of the
liet, mushes and boiled grains. as well
as baked coughs, should be eaten in
greater quantities. Practically any
Of the cereals may be used in making
type of bread. Wheat has been
most used because its gluten makes
possible the raising Of the dough
with yeast. Flours and meals of the
other grains, however, may be made
into baking-powder breads. and many
Of them can be substituted for part of
wheat flour in making yeast bread.
Breakfast foods should be chosen
carefully if economy is desired, since
he form in which the food is mr.
chased largely determines the cost.
Meals from which mushes may be
made may be obtained for a few cents
u :pound, while specially prepared
may cost up to as cents or ev-
more per pound. Bulk breakfast
such as oatmeal commonly
may be purchased at lower prices
Than the same kinds put up in cartons.
One way to lessen the cost of break
last foods is to buy whole grains
from a feed store and grind them
,oarsely in a coffee or other hand
mill. The cracked grains when salt
ed properly, boiled thoroughly. and
served with butter or sugar and milk
)r cream, make wholesome and pala-
table foods. These home-ground
used alone or with flour. also
may be used satisfactorily in bread
making. Boiled grains, such as rice,
barley, corn meal, or hominy. may he
used in the same way, or any Of
these may be combined into dishes
with cheese, eggs, or meat, which add
both flavor and heterogeneous food els-
ments.
The important place of cereals in
he diet and ways in which they may
used to reduce living expenses are
discussed in Farmers Bulletin SIT,
Cereal Foods, recently published by
United States Department of Agri-
culture.