American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-08
A cOoD roOD WASTED.

1lNW a NiNNiN NuHTfN~ONr mIiFrhuU-
ply We skim the fat from the milk
and use Il az cream or butter. but
Tho food-yalne is mostly IA the non
fatty parts. which va call contemptu-
.ously "akim-miik" and throw away or
give 10 he pigs. It's sale Is even pro-
.hibited b. ordinance tn New York
and elsewhere. Whatever reason once
existed for such q law as this. there
n none today. writes John Phillips
Street. chemist OF the Connecticut
agricultural station. IA the Forecast
New Fork, February. How a pre-
ludice 80 violent against a valuable
and wholesome food could have orig
mated Mr.. Street hnds Il hard 70 UNI
dorstand Perhaps. he thinks. II dates
back 10 the time when cream was
separated from the milk by gravity
and skinned milk was necessarily old
milk. There can be no reason for IL
today, when separation by centrifugal
forces shortly after milking leaves the
skinned milk fresh. He goes on:
In spite OF the delicious taste OF
cream. II rs not the most valuable part
.oi the milk, as ONE apparently intel
.iigent people appear to believe. The
exact contrary Is. In fact. the case.
The part OF the milk let after the
cream has been removed contains
practically all the protein, sugar, and
mineral salts. In the ordinary mixed
diet. moreover. a sufficient amount OF
fat Is supplied by meat, butter, lard.
etc, so that the loss of this ingredient
from the milk Is OF relatively little
Importance. Protein. on the other
hand, being the most costly OF the
food elements, Is the one most likely
20 DO lacking in Inexpensive meals, al
thought generally used TO excess by
those who can afford II.
For those who have TO figure cost
closely, therefore, skinned milk Of
fera "A very valuable source OF the
most expensive element Of the dietary.
Il Is the cheapest available source Of
animal protein at the present time.
Whole milk Is cheaper han either
meat or eggs as a source OF protein
but skinned milk Is even cheaper.
costing, under normal market condi-
tiOns, only half as much as meat, and
skimmed-milk cheese, II we could have
e, would be cheaper still, and much
better for some purposes than the
whole milk product"
The department OF agriculture has
estimated, the writer goes on TO say,
that hyo cents worth OF bread and
SKINNED milk viii furnish nearly one
third OF the daily food requirement II
a man engaged In moderate muscular
work.
In our days OF plenty. now appar-
entity gone forever. we might afford
TO despise such a valuable food. We
assurediy can not afford It today.
Skim-milk should not. OF course, be
sold as whole milk. or skim-milk
cheese az whOle-milk cheese, or froz-
On condensed skim-mllk as ice-cream
but those who want these products
ought not e be prevented. as they
now very generally are, from getting
them.
IA least 1900. 900, 900 pounds OF but
ter are made annually In this u
try. and from this are obtained about
2S. 0OO. zoe. 900 pounds OF skinned milk.
About 1000. 600. 900 pounds in addition
are obtained from the sale OF cream.
This gives as an annual supply OF 3d.
900. 900. 900 pounds OF cheap, nutri-
tlous, and digestlble food. which never
thelesa Is banishcd both by law and
public opinion. from the table and the
kitchen 10 the barnyaTd. q.
"rhe art OF drying milk has now
been brought 10 such a point of per-
lection that the aibumen Is not Coag-
ulated. nor the enzymes destroyed in
the process. and milk-powders. wheth-
or made from whole Of skinned milk,
would be- an invaluable Ia
tho preparation OF domestic ~dietaries,
n we wero permitted to have them.
One OF tho disadvantages OF milk Is
lts extreme perlshahiiity. but dried
milk win keep indefinitely. and a
be used In any way Ia which milk In
LIS original form can be employed.
Dried skinned milk would furnish a
cheap and constantly available supply
OF animal protein. AZ the present
time On the United States. however.
dried milk. of whatever kind. can
hardly be said 20 be available for
home use. n is scarcely known eN-
cept 60 the large consumer and Is
sold chiefly to him The state OF Com
necticut. for some unexplained rea-
son. prohibits the sale OF milk-pOwders
except in the original package. Pre-
sumahly the wise legislators had in
mind the possible contamination OF
the milk after the opening OF the pack
aee, but IN a state where dipt whole
milk may be sold without any rcstric-
ton whatever, this seems like strain
ing az a gnat and swallowing a camel.
The sale OF condensed skinned
milk IL entirely prohibited Ia some
states. and when sold Il Is generally
In large containers. which are not
suitable for family use. In the form
OF choose. skinned milk serves pur-
poses for which whole milk h not
suitable American cheese OF the
Swiss type Is best when made from
skinned or partially skinned milk.
Yet the label. 'skimmed-miik cheese.
which some states require IL TO bear.
stamps Il as inferior In the minds OF
persons not acquainted with this fact
Preference for whole milk as n
beverage Is said TO be largely a matter
Of habit, but n the family does not
care tor skinned milk In this form.