Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-01-13

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ment of Agricultural
Some people tell us a great ueai
about what children ought not TO ca.
but forget to tell us what they ought
to have. The kinds of food that chii-
dren need to make them grow INTO
healthy men and women Is Delns
studied by home economics experts.
The most important of these foods
is milk. 1t supplies something Tor
making muscles; something for max
ing bones and teeth; and something
that makes children grow. NO chiid
will grow as fast as he should or as
well without milk. He may get lai'
but fairness Is not the same as
strength. Unless he has milk, some
part of him will almost surely De
weak.
Every little child should have at
least three glasses of whole mix
every day, and if possible, four. If he
has this amount of milk, and partieu-
larry if he can be given one egg yoik
day. he does not need meat. Some
mothers worry because they cannot
afford to buy meat, fish, chicken or
other flesh foods for their children,
but this is quite unnecessary II they
are able to get milk, and milk is Oh
most always cheaper than these other
foods.
How to Serve Eggs.
Some one will probably ask how the
yolk of an egg should be served to q
child. One good way is to add IL 10
milk gravy. Another way is to COOK
1t hard, salt and mash It and spread
1t on bread. The mother may just as
we'll use the white of the egg for cake
Or for buildings. 1t is the yOlk that
the child needs most. All of the iron
Of the egg is in the yolk. There is
something in the yolk, too, as there is
In the milk that makes children grow.
Every mother wants her children to
have straight, strong legs. Both milk
and eggs help to- make the bones
strong. Children who do not get these
foods are almost sure to have dis
| ease called "rickets." Their bones,
being weak, bend under them and get
very much out of shape.
Milk gets dirty easily and it is very
hard to make it clean after it has be-
come dirty. 1t is different from such
foods as apples and oranges from
| which the dirt can be wiped. If milk
| IS left uncovered and dust or other
| kinds of dirt fall on it, or If 1t is put
into a dirty dish the dirt sinks to the
bottom and it is impossible to get IL
put. Dirty milk is almost sure to
make children sick and so the great
| est pains should be taken to keep ii
clean. The barn where the COW is
Kept should be clean; so, too, should
| the pals and the mixers hands
After the milk comes into the house
t should be kept carefully covered in
| 1 cool place.
Use of Clean skim Milk.
Whole milk is far better for chill
| 1ren than skim milk, but clean skim
milk Is better than dirty whole milk
If the mother cannot get clean whole
| milk, she had better use clean skim
| milk and give the child a little extra
| ,utter to make up for the fat that was
.aken off when the milk was skinned
| The something" In milk that makes
children grow comes from the grass
and other green things that the COW
eats. The same something" in eggs
comes from the green food that every
good chicken raiser provides for his
| chickens. From the green food it gets
INTO the milk and the egg yolks. This
| substance, so much needed by all
! young animals, Is also in lettuce, spin
| ach, and other greens. For this rea
| son these vegetables are good fol-
| children, particularly when milk and
eggs are scarce.
| Some children do not like vegetables
and it does little good to try to per
! suade them to eat them. A better
| way is to put them into soups OF
| gravies without saying anything about
| 1t. For example, make milk stews Oh
gravies and put into them any small
| amounts of cooked vegetables thai
may be left over or some fresh vege
tables cooked for the purpose. Here
is a recipe for milk stew. Witt
plenty of bread. large bowl of Il
makes a good dinner for a child.
Milk Stew With Vegetables.
| / quart milk, whole or skim.
| cupful raw potatoes cut in small
| pieces.
| A few leaves lettuce, spinach or othel
| green's cut into small pieces or chopped
| A small piece of onion.
| level teaspoonfuls butter or bacon fat
| Salt.
Boil the potatoes till soft and drain
| Cook the other vegetables in so littl,
water that they do not need to b,
drained. Add to the milk Heat, ado