New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-09
CORRECT FOOD Is
NOTED BY EXPERT
HOUSEWIVES MAY DETERMINE
NECESSARY NOUR1SHMENI
FOR FAMILY

Housekeepers who are DESTROYS of
providing the correct amount of nourlsh-
ment for their families, but do not know
in what proportion the various foods
should be divided, will be helped by
studying the following extracts taken
from Farmers Bulletin No. 8OS:
Chow can housekeeper tell whether
or not she is providing the food which
her family needs and is getting the best
returns for the money she spends! Un-
fortunately, the price she pays tor food
is no test of the nourishment 1t yields
to the body. Tonat oes at SC or lOc
apiece in winter do not build body tissue
any better than those at SC a quart IN
summer. Nor are appetite and hunger
always a safe guide. A bulky diet OF
potatoes or cabbage might make person
feel that he has eaten enough but would
not furnish all that the body needs.
For Family OF Five s
A family consisting of a man and a
woman who do moderately hard mus
cular work and three children, say be-
tween three and twelve years would get
the food they require If supplied daily
wi h:
-Four and one-half pounds of bread,
having same value of wheat or rye flour,
oatme al, cornmeal or hominy or rice or
five or six medium sized potatoes.
Three-fourths cup of fat (butter,
drippings, etc.) making a total weekly
allowance of two and one-half to three
pounds.
A little more than one cup OF sugar,
weekly allowance of four pounds, or an
equivalent amount of some other sweet.
Four pounds in all of fresh fruits and
fresh or root vetables.
One of the following, the choice de-
pending upon the age of the children:
Three quarts of milk and one pound
of other food taken from meat and meat
substitutes.
Hard Worker Needs More
Two quarts of milk and one and one.
half pounds of other foods taken from
meat and meat substitutes.
A man who works hard out of doors
all day needs more than this, increasing
particularly the first class. He does moi
actually need more than one-tenth more
from the last class but he may eat twice
as much from class one. No harm il
done by eating an excess of class fou
but if one must purchase these they ar
eApeuSlVe Ill plOpOl ClOll w Clle Ioulloll
ment they provide, A definite amour
of the last class is needed by the bod,
but it is unwise to eat an excess from
that class for protein foods are expensive
and the energy for doing work is just a
as we'll supplied by cheaper foods a
cereals, sugars, etc.
Cereals Are Cheapest
The cereals are the cheapest sourc
of food we have and should be eaten b,
those who wish to economic in as grea
a quantity as can be made attractive
The cracked and rolled cereals cost fror
one-twelfth to one-twentieth as much a
ready to eat cereals on the basis of tn
food contained. Besides being cate
warm with milk cereals may be molde
and eaten cold with cream or fruit, mole
ed and fried, served hot with gravy c
butter and made into dishes wit
vegetables, nuts or meat for the mai
dish at meal. At present cornme;
should be used in large quantity for mus
and breads for it is cheaper than whit
flour. Whole wheat, or wheat cracke
in your coffee mill, makes an appetizin
cereal.