Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-18
rncroa-ing Our Food knowledge

war revealed to US some astonishing
figures 1t appeared from the OATS
secure, through the agency gems CT d dn1
respect, 1t is certain that there
must be as many women detectives
as there are men because the condl-
tons which caused defectlye man
hood will also account for defective
Womanhood. These men were, there.
fore. unfit for military service, and
whatever their attitude might have
teen toward their country. they Were
debarred from participating IN us
defensce. Thousands of these men
very keenly. They were the victims
of circumstances beyond their CON
troll. Most of the men were suffer
ing FROM defects which could have
been easily corrected. A large per
centage We're due to malnutrittor
brought about through improper
feeding at some period of their lives
1t is the first duty as well as the
privilege of every nation to protect
the welfare of its citizenship. Nc
poriunity for service has been af::
forded the people of the United
States than that of seeing that the
next generation of boys and girls
grows up to vigorous manhood anc
womanhood. Without virility they
advancing the high ideallsm of the
American nation.
For US to withhold medical serv-
ice, food knowledge, or proper train
ing from the rising generation Is
CRIME too abhorrent to be contem-
plated with equanimity.. 1t would
constitute a blot on the fair escutch,
con of our country which time coulo
not efface.
ctj1J shines for
time moves swiftly and the boys anG
girls of today will be the men and
women of tomorrow before we real
ize it. Then it will be. too late to
correct that which may be done sue
cessfully today.
emphasize the teaching of home
economics. Through this agency one
can\ develop and train thousands OF
leaders who will have an under
nutritiVe processes of physiological
chemistry and food values, and who
will know how to prepare and serve
food acceptably to the children ano
to the men and women OF all ages
1t is self-evident that there Is nc
phase of our educational work which
has been more neglected that which
teaches us how to distinguish De,
tween foods and how to combine and
use them acceptably for the main
tenance and support Of the human
body.
Such investigation as we have
been able to make at the college
through the agency of our extension
division indicates that from 40 te
60 per cent of the children in many
weight, There are between 277,OOt
and 100000 mal-nourished children
in the state. A recent survey. OF
1863 children in one school district ir
Georgia showed $50 with defects
great majority, of which could ot
county they were doubling then
ability to employ a physician to ex'
anime and treat the school children
If our boys and girls are not worth
protecting and looking after, ther
our civilization has descended to
from the earth. Is it possible tina
in a state SO prosperous as Georgia
we cannot find the funds necessary
to train thousands of teachers ant
leaders along home economics lines
and provide public play grounds ant
all the doctors and nurses needed tt
see that our children grow up to the
full perfection of manhood and WON
anhood?
There is no single agency better
calculated to aid in the development
and maintenance of vigorous health
on the part of our children than ar
abundant supply of pure, wholesome
milk. Strange to say, there are
thousands of farms in Georgia which
do not own or keep dairy COW. OF
all the food minerals purchased
there is more argument, discussion
and objection to the price paid fol
milk than to anything else bought
for food in the home. On the other
hand, a dollar invested in milk a
fifteen cents a quart will buy more
nourishment than If spent for but
ter at seventy-t1ve cents, beans a
fifteen cents, ham at forty cents, OF
beefsteak, fish or chicken at thirty
five cents. In this country were are
still eating 35 per cent of meat anc
fish; whereas, we should reduce this
amount to IL per cent Of our daily
dietary. Of dairy foods we consume
this item to a per cent. We eat
per cent more of beans and cereals
than is necessary, per cent les!
fruit or vegetables than is desirable
and per cent more sugar than goot
practice would make proper. If we
basis indicated, we would greatly
improve the health Of the nation
as a whole and give our boys ant
girls a chance for more vigorous
growth than conditions now pertain.
ing permit. What we need is tt
carry on a campaign of education
in relation to dairy products. VIVA
we need is cows and more cows
Too much of our energy and time
has been given to fusstng and quar-.
reling over the price of milk. 1t is
after all. the cheapest food we buy
1t contains the vitamines and the
fat soluble A. These substances are
essential to the preservation of goot
health in both children and adults
We get thees materials primarily
from dairy foods, fruit, vegetables
and eggs. Our slogan must be, less
meat and fish and more of the life
giving entities.