The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-28
DON 7 STORE FOOD
LONGER THAN ONE
YEAR SAYS WILEY
DIR. Harvey w. Wiley Gives Ad-
vice to Housewives
EGGS SHOULD BE STORED
Or. Wiley Says Eating of Too Much
Bread Is Not Beneficial on
Account of Flour
EGGS SHOULD BE STORED

Washington. Aug. 26.-One year is
long enough for food TO be kept in
cold storage, according to DR.. Harvey
W. Wiley, father of the Federal pure
food laws, who appeared today before
the House Agricultural Committee
during its hearing of the program to
check the high cost of living.
Veal, several kinds of game and
fish, and poultry, except spring chick
ems, should never be put into cold
storage, DR.. Wiley said. He maintain
ed that food obtainable from the pro-
Queer every month in the year should
never be put in cold storage. The
only reason for doing so, he said, was
TO increase the price. He contended
that cold storage invariably added to
the cost of food, but was necessary If
the consumer desired balanced diet
during the year
"Shad, other varieties of fish and
oysters" said DR.. Wiley, Should not
be stored for months, because of
their rapid deterioration and the eff
forts of many dealers to pass off the
stored articles for the fresh product
during the season of these foods.
Beef improve by short period OF
storage, but 1t should not be kept
longer than four or five months
Eggs. Of course, must be stored to
provide supply during the season Of
scarcity, but their Portability de-
creases with the storage. They
should never be kept longer than ten
months, and all of the supply of the
previous year should be on the mark
ct by March l of the following year,
the season when eggs again become
plentiful.
Butter shouldn't be kept longer
than ten months, and likewise all stor
ed should be on the market by June
of the following year in which it is
stored. Flour is better as soon as it
is milled Sweet corn loses half its
sugar within twenty-four hours after
it is taken from the stalk, the sugar
in that time having been turned into
starch. Meats in general should not
be kept longer than four or five
months"
DR.. Wiley strongly advocated the
more extensive use of powered milk,
in place of fresh milk.
My experiments have proven that
the powder makes excellent milk as
Ear as food value is concerned" he
said. 1T has taste that one must
learn to like but il is splendid for in
fants and they prefer 1t 10 fresh milk
Fhere is less danger of basteria than
in most of the fresh milk.
Its adaptabiiity to transportation
makes 1t particularly valuable for
the large cities. The powdered milk
keeps for many months and can be
easily shipped.
Dr. Wiley also claimed that bread
eating was not beneficial
1.-THE highly milled white flour we
now use is poisonous, and the only
reason it does not produce disastrous
effects is that other food is eaten
with It," he said. Whole wheat is
much more beneficial, as is rye bread.
Forty per cent. of our young men
were found not to be in proper condi-
ton for military service. and Il large
majority OF this can be attributed to
eating too much milled wheat, sugar
and candy.
Committee, should store eggs in her
home in seasons of plenty for the per-
iod of scarcity" He recommended
water glass.
There Is slight deterioration in
keeping eggs in water glass, but it is
not dangerous" he said. 'and it
would prove great saving to the