The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-05
Milk is Perfect
FOR HUMAN FOOD
Department of Agriculture Urges
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.

MIX is the nearest approach to a
perfect human food, and it is by far
the best food for children. Children
must have milk in order to develop
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 on
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 ecOnOmize on milk, more children
become sick. That is one of the
things that, under any and every con-
dition, the government regards it 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
a little while will be the nations men
and women must be given their Oppor-
tunity 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.
bllk is also an excellent flood for
bodybuilding protein. In that respect
it is like eggs and meat. Milk pro-
tein is especially good for children,
but it is good for and should be used
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 help
them run and play and work. The
fat and the milk sugar burn up as
fuel. A quart of milk gives the same
amount of fuel as a pound of lean |
meat A quart of milk gives the same
amount of fuel as eight eggs. Milk,
even at advanced cost, is the cheap |
est fuel food. Take your pencil and |
make Il little comparison in cents.
Skim Milk Also Good.
Whole milk, of course, is the best |
food. But skim milk is good food, |
too. It has the lime, the sugar and the |
protein of the whole milk. 1t is de-
icient in fat and has not much of the |
growth substances as has whole milk.
Use whole milk-but do not throw
away the skim milk.
Every child, big or little, should
have plenty of milk. The big boys and
girls need it only slightly less than do
the babies, and grown persons need
1t only slightly less than the big boys
and girls.
Be liberal with the milk ration. Do
not think of milk merely as refresh
ing drink. Think of it as a good,
nourishing food-the best food. The
need other foods, of course
fruits, cereals. But, most
of all, they need milk.
Be sure that the milk is clean and
fresh when it is delivered to you, and
that YOU keen it cold and clean and
covered until it is used.