Arizona republican., 1918-09-22
Dairying Situation Discussed
 From Standpoint Of This City

bye you have got the world convinced, or at any rate the community that puts over the campaign.
 After all the figures are interesting and convincing.
 First they (the scientists) tell us that an able bodied man weighing about l50 pounds and doing a moder- ate amount of work requires approxi- mately 31a ounces of protein daily Children need more in proportion 10 their weight
 The following foods in the amounts given will furnish about one ounce of protein each and the cost at present Phoenix prices will give an idea of their economical use.
 Twelve ounces of bread, s cents.
 Six ounces of dried beans. cents.
 Four ounces of whole milk cheese, 8 cents.
 Six eighth ounces medium fat meats, 12 to l5 cents.
 One quart milk. 12 to 15 cents.
 Of course a large part of the pro- tein is obtained from bread. With most men a considerable portion of the balance is obtained from meat, and here Is where the housewife can save by substituting milk and cheese in the menu for a portion of the meat, and improve the ration from the stand point of digestibility. It should be noted in this connection that skim milk or buttermilk contains about the same amount of protein as whole milk.
 Whole milk and cheese have some advantages over other foods that may be relatively economical A scientist, Dr. E. " McColum has recently given to the world the results of ten years patient investigation on the nutritive value of foods. He has found that there are two substances that are ab- solutely necessary in any diet to pre- serve life and health. These sub stances no one has yet been able to analyZe. One of these substances Is found to some extent in all foods bu, to a very small extent in white flour, cane sugar, syrups, polished rice and starch. The other substance which is absolutely necessary to the life and health of human beings is found only in whole milk and the leaves of plants Dr. McCullom said recently in an ad- dress before the National Dairy Con- ference:
 "There are two classes of human beings in the world. You classify them upon the basis of diet. One of them IS lINlHS anu lldS Deen lIOHl llIDe IIl = memorial to make a satisfactory diet out of leaves, seeds, fruits. tubers, roots and meats, and to some extent eggs. Consider what these people are. Not a single nation which has re- stricted itself to such a diet has ever come to the front in a matter of hu- man achievements in any field of ac- tivity. The peoples who confine them selves to such diets are undersiZed and have a shorter span of life than the peoples of Europe and America, their infant mortality is high and they have never made great advancement in achieving a mastery over the forces of nature. Generation after genration, they have contentedly employed the simple mechanical inventions of their forefathers.
 Who are the people who have achieved; who have become large, strong, vigorous people; who have re- duced their infant mortality lower than the people who have used the type of diet first described; who have such political system as offer the greatest opportunity for the individual to de- velop his powers; who have the great est appreciation of art and literature and music: who are most progressive | in science and every activity of the hu- man intellect? They are the peoples who have patronized the dairy industry
 Let us preserve the dairy industry | if we are to maintain the progress we | have maintained. There is no other way by which we may remain vigorous | healthful and progressive people than | by the continued liberal patronage of | the dairy industry
 n p11octinr nf Cnhcti i- tutes for butter Some people have | found olive oil palatable as butter many have professed to find little diff | ference between butter and oleomar- garine. but still we have had an inher- ent feeling that after all there was nothing just as good"
 In view of the fact that the actual | food value of milk even at 15 cents | quart, is as great or even greater than | the same money value of beef or pork | is it not false economy. not to use i' more largely in the daily menu? With the further fact brought home | to us so forcibly by Dr. McCollum, can we afford to economize @ by cutting down the amount of milk and cheese and butter consumed? Should we moi better practice real economy by us- ing more dairy products rather thar less?
 If you have had the patience to read this so far, what will you do about it. Why not use your influence to get the domestic science teachers in the schools all over the county to set apart ont week for teaching the value of dairy products? Why not have the severa civic organizations take it up and ther at the same time have some displays of dairy products in some of the dowr town show windows? Wouldn't it bt
 worth while, in these times when I
 is necessary to conserve every ounce
 of energy; to think clearly and ac intelligently?