Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
Week Of Oct. 1926
"Mik Week. in Iowa
Special to rima.. Republican.

special 10 Tims0-Hepublican.
| Ames, Oct. ff.--rne week of Oct. IL
TO rs will be milk week" In Iowa. An
extensive campaign is being planned
and every existing agency In the state
which can In any way contribute to
| the work ID being solicited by Miss
Florence Inlay. agent In dairying
Iowa State College, to take part In the
campaign; homo economics teachers
school supcrintcndents. county super
| lntendents Of schools. art teachers
newspapers. and milk producers them
selves are being urged by Mss INLAY
to give to the public the facts regard
Ing milk as q food. -rs ID .H.,
The recent milk essay contest In
Iowa, in which more than 1900 essays
were written by pupils OF the seventh
and eighth grades of tho public schools
OF the state and which was won by
Miss Ruth Amundsen, Of DEBORAH
Winneshiek county, proved so success
ful that 1t was Assmed advisable to
widen the scope Of thu campaign and
preach the gospel Of moro milk In ev'
cry nook and corner Of the state.
The art teachers turnout the state
are being asked 70 have their pupils
! make posters emphasizing the food
value OF milk in the diet Of boys. Cirls
and adults, and place such posters on
exhibition during tho week OF Oct. 49,
rs. City superintendents are asked ia
cooperate In bringing this subject ia
the attention OF their teachers and pu.
pills. to see that milk lessons are taught
In the home economies classes and tc
have short, simple talks given to the
pupils In thu grades on the value oil
milk. at some time during the week
Librarians Of the state are asked 10
help by having posters, milk foods. or
during that week, have = shelf or ia
BILE, placed in . oohspicucus place, Gov
cred with books and papers on the
value and care Of milk.
Club presidents arc being asked "a
reach their members thru short talks
on the vaiue of milk as a food at one
Of their club meetings, either during
| IN touch with other organizations and
/, make a similar request Of them. The
ciab people are also asked to carry the
word to the ministers and to the movie
houses Of their respective cities and
towns.
County superintendents Of schools
are solicited to carry, the word to their
| teachers and the suggestion Is Held
forth that there are various ways In
which the teachers may cooperate. VIZ,
by simple talks on food value Of milk
and its care. essays written by Ian
guage pupils. making posters showing
food value Of milk. its care and It's use
preparation Of milk dishes for school
lunches. by bringing bottled milk I'd
! school to drink with lunches. School
principals are asked to ASSET BY CIV
ing short, simple talks on milk IN each
| room In the school building and sug-
gestive outline covering the most i'm
| portant points to be stressed are being
! Gent to them to aid in the work.
! Home economics teachers are asked
to give milk lessons TO pupils durins
the week. They are also asked to
make a window display In one OF the
city stores Of milk products.
In each letter which f. being sent
out to the various agencies who are
being asked to cooperate in the work
| is being enclosed a card questionna!re
/ These cards Will be compiled and re-
suits of the campaign tAbulatsd and
| published later. > ~
The real value Of milk II not gen.
orally understood by majority Of peo.
pie. 1t ID one Of the. best Al-arount
foods. as Il contains more 81 the ma.
terials essential to growth and health