The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-08-03
MILK IS PERFECT
FOR HUMAN FOOD
Department of Agriculture Urqes
More Liberal Use of Product
to Save Meat.
II EXCELS ALL OTHER FOODS
There Are Always Sick Children in All
Localities Where Milk Is Scarce
Excellent for Body Build
ing Protein.

Milk is the nearest approach to
perfect human food, and it is by IA
the best food for children. Children
must have milk In order to develoI
properly, and all persons of whatever
age need it in order to keep in prop
er conditin.
The advice Of the United States de
partment of agriculture is: "Save or
other things if you can, but not on
milk, your child's best food"
Children who do not get milk, but
are given tea and coffee instead, are
for the most part sickly. There are
always many sick children in cities
and in countries where milk is scarce.
When prices go up and mothers begin
to economic on milk, more children
become sick. That is one of the
things that, under any and every con-
dition, the government regards 1t as
essential to guard against. Food
must be saved to feed the army and
money must be saved to finance the
war, but the nations children who in
u
and women must be given their oppor-
tun!ty for health and strength. Incl
dentally. the liberal use of milk does
save meat and other transportable
foods.
Needed for Bones and Teeth.
Children, In larger measure than
grown persons, require lime. 1t is
needed, particularly, for their bones
and teeth, and In smaller quantities
for their blood and other parts OF
their bodies. Milk is the chief food
for lime. A cup of milk contains ap-
proximately four times as much lime
as an egg. 1t is the cheapest food for
lime.
Milk is also an excellent food for
bodybuilding protein. In that respect
II is like eggs and meat. MIX pro-
tein is especially good for children,
but it Is good for and should De usea
by everybody.
Milk. in addition, Is an excellent
fuel food. Children, who are much
more active than adults, need more
fuel TO burn in their bodies to heip
them run and play and work. Inc
fat and the milk sugar burn up as
fuel. A quart of milk gives the same
amount of fuel as q pound or lean
meat. A quart Of milk gives the same
amount of fuel as eight eggs. Mi'h'
even at advanced cost, is the cheap
est fuel food. Take your pencli anu
make a little comparison In Genus.
skim MIX Also Good.
Whole milk, Of course, Is the DesI
food. But skim milk IL g"oa Ioo''
too. II has the lime, the sugar ana Tue
protein Of the whole milk. IL - ne
icient in fat and has not much OF nv
,rovth substances as has whole MIX
Use whole milk--but do not UNIV"
away the skim milk. ,,
Every child, big or little. shou'a
AVE plenty Of milk. The Dig hoy7 ~"
trls need 1t only slightly less '''"'' w
he babies, and grown persons ~"
1 only slightly Ieas than the Dig '''"
md girls. .aa m
Be liberal with the milk ration. -
lot think Of milk merely ~ u r'i,.a n
ng drink. Think OF u ~ y h 49,.
vanishing food--the best FOOD nv
hIIdren need other foods OF c"o.n" .,
eeetabIes. fruits, cereals. bh'' "''''
4 all. they need milk. - .,d
Pc sure that the milk IN clenh a ga
rosh =, ., {. ~ delivered 10 you h"'.
hat yoa keep 1t cold ana e''"" -"
oyered until IL b used