Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-06
F00sHE GIVES SOME
MARKETING SUGGESTIONS
Expert Tells Housekccpcrs to Study
Conditions and Buy What
Is Plentiful.
HOW no KEEP Down FOOD COST
Sweet Potatoes From Hanover Coun-
~ Much Greater Bargain Than
Irish Potatoes From Michigan at
Present Market Quotations.


some phases Of the present food
situation which have an important
hearing on the problem Of distribution.
AS well as that OF production. are
presented by j. Frank Fooshe, gar
dcning expert advising the Mayors
committee on agricultural prepared
ness. In the following statements:
In tn" midst Of :" much agitation
for TIA. production OF food crops and
the preserving Of any surplus. as far
as possible. th.r" is danger Of over
looking tn. great Importance Of con
suming the fruits and vegetables now
coming in rather than drawing on tho
present supply OF canned or dried stock
In al! instances where the sam. food
value can he had for this sea sons Of
f"rings at about the same price as the
equivalent in cans or dried IL is
d"ubly the part ~ wisdom to take the
fresh stock. Such "A policy not only
ENSURES far less waste in the handling
uf the perishables now coming in from
the far South and those that are be-
ginning to come in from the gardens
"f this section, but IL means larger re-
turns I" the growers. which is the
greatest encouragement that can be
given TO production. and less loss on
TN" part Of dealers. whose greatest OK
pens" frequently is the waste resulting
from gluts.
FRESH GOODS ARE CHEAPER
THAN CANNED NEGET.A HES
Just now the Florida beans are re-
failing at 10 To Is cents u quart with
Two quarts for - cents as the prevail
inS price. Az these figures the house
wife. who is wanting the food contents
az this vegetable. would hardly be
justified in buyin. III. canned beans at
10 To 20 cents can. with the fresh
salads 10 he had from tho SURROUNDING
country Al - TO 20 cents for a half
peck at any Of the retail stores. there
~ little, II anything To be saved by
taking some dried or canned vegetables
~ preference. with a proba ability Of :,
decided loss in the end
Saturdays market offers another in
stance where there is need for the
housewives TO help along production bv
taking what is To he had. The shipped
white or bush squash are a little short
and selling right along both at whole
sale and retail. Blu, the yellow or
goose neck is practically at stand
still, with some good ones being offered
at only 80 cents basket, less than
half OF the express charges So far
as their food contents are concerned.
squash il a squash. without regard
10 It's color. Whatever peoples prefer
ences FOR the white variety. there is no
reason why they should not take the
yellow kind. il II is squash food they
are hunting.
PATRIOTIC DEITY IN y-SE
WHAT MARKET AFFORDS
In this matter OF buying on the basis
of real food contents is II strikinelv
noticeable the number OF things that
are now being sold by the pound. in
stead OF by count or measure, as form
er!y. This is great advance forward
IN teaching the comparative values of
various food products. for il reduces
them all to common unit To say
that -four is sl4 barrel. Irish pota-
toes $3.50 a hushel or sweet potatoes
90 cents a peck gives but little concep-
ton OF the relative cost of these va
rious foods. But when il Is noted that
this is cents pound for the flour.
cents for the Irish potatoes and only
cents for sweets, the difference in
cost is readily seen. Then. with a food
value chart at hand, which every house
wife should have AT hand as much so
as the carpenter his rule or the ma
riner his compass. IL could be readily
determined which afforded the most
food value for the money. With the
potatoes yielding only 29j calorics per
pound and with the sweets giving 30
per cent more, or 40 Galleries. ii figures
out that. at present prices. the odds
are two to one in favor OF vans
brought in by wagon from Hanover as
compared with potatoes shipped in
from Michigan by the carload