The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-09


ment of Agriculture.)
| Washington. The principles of
| scientific food selection for the aver
| age family have been reduced tn easily
applied terms in a series of six charts
| designed for popular Use by teachers
and lecturers. The charts, prepared
| by the office Of home economics.
United States department of agricul.
| ture. are Sn arranged that the value
in calorie> of any meal containing
| any of the several foods listed and
the cost can be easily calculated.
| In general. the tahuationS are
| planned to show unchanginy factors
on which wise food selection must be
based-food requirements and food
colnpo>ition-and to provide spaces
for the changing factorS-prce>.
With che or two exceptions the feeds
listed are those for which the depart
ment of labor quotes prices in its
monthly reports.
These charts can he easily repro
duced in either temporary or perma-
nent FORM For the former use they
can be copied on a schoolroom black
board. If they are desired for more
| permanent use it is suggested that
they he made on blackboard cloth.
In this form they can be rolled COM
pactly The charts were used by a
department. of agriculture speaker ~
illustrate lectures ut the recent nat
tional dairy show in Chicago.
Shows Food Needed.
The first chart shows in 1oo-cal"re
portions the amount of food needed
daily by the average family and also
the proportions uf the wholesome
diet that is. the desirable relative
amounts of the following five classes
of foods: ! vegetables and fruits: :.
milk, meat. eggs, and similar foods :
:. cereal foods: t. sweets: and .. fats.
Charts like this can he made more
generally useful if the words aver
age family Gather. mother and three
Young children)" and also the num-
her of lOO-calore portions ar. omitted.
The speaker can then fill in these
spaces and apply the chart 10 the
needs oi any individual ar family,
TO Il man III moderately active mus
| c,llar work. for example. or To IA fam
| ily Of ,Wo average adults. MOST
| teachers have til" necessary data Tor
| this, They should remember. however
| that these charts are designed to
show the amount of food that should
! be purchased rather than the amount
| to he eaten The amounts inserted
| should therefore make provision for
all the losses that take place in the
| course of Storing the food and of pre-
pairing i, for the table. An allowance
of 10 per cent for this is customary
For the Working Man.
For illustration. it is generally
agreed that man who does mOder
ately active muscular work needs
about 30 lpO-calorie portions daily
If he is ia receive this amount ii vii
be necessary to provide at least 3:
1OO-calorie portions unless eXtranr
binary care is taken I" prevent waste
With the proportions of II wholesome
and attractive diet given on the char
| it is Il simple matter TO estimate tnt
number of lNl-calorie portions needed
of the various kinds of food. In the
case of this man the distribution
would he about as follows: From
vegetables and fruits. Z: from meat
milk. eggs. etc. S: from cereal foods
10; from sweets. 3; and from fats, j
If the food for the average famil.
cos.s on the average l cent per 100
calOrie portion. the total expense 10
the day will. Of course, be $l.2o. ex
elusive of tea. coffee, spice. etc. ]
It costs. on the average 1.5 cents pc
loO-calorie portion. the expense pc
day will be $50. If an effort is t
be made to keep the expense down 4
$3.50 per day, for example. and i
some foods cos or ) cents per lN
cnlorie portion. others must be con
siderably cheaper.
How to Compare Prices.
The other five charts, one for eHcl
group Of foods. show how food mate
| rialS that have somewhat the sam