The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-08-10
The Cow As Our Friend In Need.

Once we learn to think Of the cow
as a producer of food and not Of a
beverage we shall understand her
value. No matter if the price of milk
has gone up in your town, the cow is
still your best friend. She is far ahead
of most other food sources, not only
i'm actual food value of her product,
but also in the abundance and avail
ability Of the supply, in its digestibil-
ity and convenience.
A quart of milk has as much protein
as seven ounces of sirloin steak, or
half pound of fowl, and more than
four eggs.
quart of milk supplies as much
body energy as three-quarters of a
pound of round steak, or eight eggs
and half, or nearly eleven ounces of
fowl. And yet some families who buy
no milk groan over the cost Of meat.
Now think in terms Of dollars and
cents! When milk is 10 cents quart
sirloin steak must sell as low as 23.3
cents a pound to furnish as much
protein as milk at equal cost. The price
of eggs must be 25.1 cents a dozen to
equal 10-cent milk in protein value
lOF lue Sdu1o expenditure.
Steak must sell at 14.2 cents a
pound and eggs at 1872 cents dozen
to compete with a quart of milk at 10
cents as source of body energy. Milk
at even Is cents quart would be an
economical food purchase in compari-
son with steak at lower prices than
have prevailed in recent months.
But an even greater food bargain
than whole milk, which too many peo-
pie are overlooking, is skim milk.
Skim milk is not so valuable as whole
milk as a source of body energy, yet
is contains more protein, or body
building substance, quart for quart,
than whole milk. 1t costs so little and
is in so little demand that thousands
of quarts are allowed to run down
creamery drain pipes or are dumped
in hog troughs. Skim milk is more
valuable as human food than as hog
food
If your family does not take kindly
to drinking whole milk, skim milk is
just what you want, as you can use 1t
freely in cooked dishes and thus cut
down on other foods. 1t has it's high
est value as an economical food when
cooked with cereals, as it adds great
ly to the food value of such dishes.
1t may also be used in soups, with
vegetables and bread. Don't add skim
milk to these dishes as an extra. The
milk makes the food value greater
and you will get your saving by cut
ting down on other foods which would
have been used if the milk had not
been used.
could write a letter to every house
wife in America telling her what to
do in the war, one Of the first things
they would put in such letter would
be an urgent request that she serve
cottage cheese on her home table.
Cottage cheese is made from skim
milk 1t can be easily made in any
home or may be obtained from any
dairymen Much of the skim milk now
thrown away would be saved for hu-
man food if every woman would Or
der cottage cheese even once week
Cottage cheese ordinarily costs from
u to II cents a pound. A pound of it
will furnish more protein than a
pound of any beefsteak, fowl, ham,
pork chops or leg of lamb-and every
one knows these meats are not obtain
able for II cents a pound. 1t also COM
pares favorably in energy value with
these same meats.
Then there is buttermilk-always
a cheap food and too much neglected.
Many people have taken to drinking
Neutrality-suspicious. in cities
where it is often dispensed at soda
fountains-on the advice of their
physicians, and for stomachs' sake. |
There are millions of others who
ought to drink it for their pocket |
books sake. If your family don't like
gredient Of cooked dishes.
Probably few people have to be told
to eat more butter. In most homes as
much butter is ordinarily eaten as the
family can afford. But when you eat !
freely of butter don't forget that you
are taking into the body concentrated
fuel, or energy value, and dishes con-
tanning large amounts of butter can
be accompanied with other foods of |
lower energy value. Finally, there are
all the numerous cheeses on the mar
ket. In spite of the increased price !
of most cheeses, more liberal
of cheese, with
lessened use of eggs and meats, is
good economy and good dietetics.
To use all the milk you can will be !
to render national service, because
the more milk you can use the more
will the drain ON our supply of meat
be lessened. Every quart of milk
used should release a pound of meat in
form for shipment to our own soldiers |
or to our allies. Again, if you and your
neighbors use more Of the milk pro-
1uced near your own home, less freight
car space will be needed for carrying
food to your town. This, the country
over, will help the transportation
problem.-The Ladies Home Journal