Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-04

appreciated as it should be. There is
certainly enough food going to waste
on the average farm to keep one or
more additional cows and IL this were
done the ration of the family would
be more completely and thoroughly i'm
proved at a moderate cost than would
be possible through the expenditure
of several hundred dollars for other
more expensive but less important food
At the present time when there are re-
strictions on the consumption OF GER
tain foodstuffs and when there is likely
to be even greater scarcity of some
of them than prevails at present, milk
becomes the best and most desirable
substitute which can be used In the
farm or the city home. 1t Is perfect
food. not only for the young but for
growing and mature individual as well.
1t is the one food that will support
growth and maintain the human body
for instance, in equilibrium for long
periods of time. This is something
which can not be accomplished through
the use of eggs, cornmeal, oatmeal or
even wheat -four. In all the history OF
humanity no food SURPRISING that Of
milk in value has yet been evolved
Under existing circumstances, 1t is i'm
portant that the food value OF milk be
more generally and thoroughly recog-
mixed and its extensive and general use
encouraged not only in the city but In
the open country as well.
A satisfactory dietary must possess
five factors. First il must supply an
adequate amount of nourishment. sec
ond. a sufficient amoJtnt of energy or
fueI which can be burned up in the
digestive tract and so supply heat and
energy. Third, it must contain an ade-
ouate amount of protein, that element
chiefly concerned in the maintenance OF
muscles. nerve and tissues. Fourth. IL
must contain a suitable amount OF MIN
eral matter, because the skeleton or
bonv framework of the consuming AMI
NAL must be properly maintained. F1tth'
there must be contained in it certain
amount of what are now called VIA
mines. u..,
Milk is one Of the few foods which
contains all Of these constituents IN
suitable proportion. There are pIe.ly
~ other materials which may be eaten
nv the human being and which contain
ail Of the above elements, but they are
no, in nroper relation to each other.
Cornmeal.. by itself. of course. contains
all Of these factors Of nutrition, yet II is
an exceedingly poor character OF 1000 10
proyide for a growing child or any class
OF developing young animals. IL mas
been charged by many eminent physl-
clans as the primary cause OF pellagra-
We certainly know that when young pigs
are confined on a ration of corn they
become sick in a comparatively snort
time and show all the evidences or sur
fering from mal-nutrition. A balanced
ration. therefore, is essential TO the
health and welfare not only OF the chlIu
INIT the adult as we'll, and these facts
annIv not only to the human being, out
70 all types of animals maintained on
the average farm The tendency or the
nresent time shown in many homes
therefore. TO restrict the use OF milk
bacause Of its supposedly high price is
Greatly to be deplored. There is no
source of food which can be brought
into the home at the present price OF
milk which supplies in larger or more
varied amounts the, elements necessary
20 the nroper maintenance of the human
being The proposition now put for
ward that milk should be reduced or cut
ont OF the dietary of our people Is I'M
fortunate and is likely to produce far
reaching consequences in the rising gem
Grafton. The supposition that a little
svrup can be added to cornmeal mush'
oatmeal or other prepared cereal foods
on the market, and milk dispensed with
is an erroneous conclusion. 1t has been
suggested that in crowded towns and
cities there is a disposition on the part
Of the mothers to replace milk with tea
or weak coffee, or other supposedly slim
ulating foods In proportion to the cost
Of these supposed substitutes the house
wife is not only losing ground financial
ly, but is trying to raise her children