Arizona state miner., 1919-10-03
(By w. A. BARR, State Dairy
Commissioners.

Eat milk and more milk Why?
Because of it's wonderful food value,
and further, because of it's economy
as contrasted with other foods. The
1918 National Dairy Show-the
greatest convention of dairy inter
ests ever held-presented to the pub
lie, among many other interesting
facts, the following comparisons in
food values: One glass of whole
milk with an average percentage of
butter fat $3.50 has the value of
two eggs or two large potatoes, or
five tablespoonfuls of cooked cereal
or large serving of lean meat. One
quart of milk is equivalent to two
pounds of chicken, four pounds of
beets, three-quarter pound of round
steak, five pounds of cabbage or
eight eggs. When eggs are worth
so cents per dozen, on the basis of
these nutritive values, milk is worth
331 cents per quart; and when
steak is worth 40 cents per pound,
milk is worth 80 cents per quart.
The National Dairy Show fea-
tured the work of Dr. McCollum of
Johns Hopkins University, who has
made more extensive and intensive
Investigations of the value of dairy
products with other foods than any
other individual. DIR. McCollum
states that individuals and races
alike, whose menu does not include
dairy products are subject to fatal
diseases and lack vigor and initiative
as the Negroes in the extreme south
ern part of the United States, and
also the Chinese race. DR.. McCollum
made extensive experiments in the
feeding of young animals, and states
that "the butter fat of milk cannot
be replaced with any vegetable fat,
for there are substances in butter
fat not found in fats generally,
which are absolutely necessary for
the maintenance Of life in the
young and also the adult In our
experiments in feeding, numerous
diets that were complete in every re.
spect, except butter fat or egg yolk,
which to a degree, gave similar re-
suits, there was always seen after a
time, the development Of peculiar
condition of the eyes. The tissues
around the eyes would swell so that
they could not be opened, and the
eyeballs become inflamed and within
a few weeks the animals have lost
their sight unless the missing butter
fat or egg yolk was supplied. In
Denmark in some of the rural dis
tricts where the milk was skinned
by a cream separator, and the skim
med milk fed to young children,
similar peculiar condition of the eyes
developed, which could only be cor
rected by substituting whole milk for
the skim milk. Skim milk is of great
value in the home when used in the
making of custards, puddings,
gravies or dishes where very fire.
quently large portion of water is
used rather than milk, but cannot
take the place of whole milk" These
statements are the result of years
of investigational work with careful
checking and rechecking in the labor
atory, and are not fancies, guesses
or insinuations as are many state
ments made by misinformed people.
The average person thinks of milk
only as beverage or a cooking nee
essity in considering it as special
food value and always fearful for
the danger that may be hidden in
the milk in the way of bacteria. 1t
is true that milk is easily contamin-
ated and requires special care in
handling by both the producer and
the consumer Under the State
Dairy Law, effort is being made to
require each and every producer of
milk and cream, butter or cheese to
provide and use equipment that will
insure a safe and sanitary product
This office invites the cooperation
of the consumer, producer and man
ufacturer of dairy products in the
enforcement of the law. Many in
stances, however, have come to the
attention of this office where the
producer Of milk was blamed for the
sins of omission of the consumer.
If the consumer allows the milk to
remain on the front porch for two or
three hours or longer in the warm
sun after delivery, and then removes
the cap and uses a part of the milk,
placing the remainder of the milk in
the ice box which contains a variety
of vegetables that have strong
odor which is absorbed by the milk,
the producer should not be blamed,
for the milk is not being properly
cared for. Where milk is delivered
before any member of the family
arises, bucket with ice or a bucket
with a small amount of water and a