Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-13

or repair materials which support
the structure of the body and keel
it in good condition will be obtained
largely from cereals and cereal prod
ducts, meat, milk and eggs, and
from fruits and vegetables. These
latter classes of food are particular
ly important because Of the minera
matter they contain.
We must now consider regulators
i and protectors; in other words, the
foods which help to keep all the or
gans of the body in proper correla
ton and in good condition and func
tioning properly. Then we must
! also include the foods which give
| protection, as it were, to the sys
| tenn. In this class would fall the
whole cereals, as compared with the
ground and prepared products, also
milk, fruits and vegetables.
In order to build up and maintain
proper dietary it is clear from the
above that in every home or insti.
tuition the following helpers should
be supplied. If this is done there
will be a sufficient variety to the
dietary to insure the maintenance
of good health. First, one or more
COWS should be kept so that at least
pint Of milk daily may be made
available for each inmate. In the
cities the supply of milk can, of
course, be purchased. Unfortunate
ly, milk is often regarded as a non
essential element and as too high
in price compared with other foods.
There Is a tendency, therefore, to
cut milk out of the dietary. This
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statement applies with equal force
to children and adults as well. After
all milk is one of the cheapest con-
stituents purchased for use in the
home when it's ready digestibility
and wholesome influence in supply
ing the needs of the body are kept
in mind.
There should be supply of chick
ems so that eggs may be had in al
most any quantity desirable. Eggs
should be eaten at least twice a
week. This is the minimum. It
will be an advantage to use them
more frequently.
There should be a garden in as
ISOLATION with every home, so that
the coarse leaved vegetables, the
roots and tubers, and those that
supply stems may be had in any
desirable quantity. These are the
elements supplying iron, sulphur and
mineral salts. They act primarily
as protectors and body regulators.
The vegetable garden is one Of the
primary assets of every home. 1t is
of far more Importance than has
ever been generally understood or
recognized.
There should be an orchard to
supply fruit. Fruit acts as a direct
body regulator and supplies many
of the mineral salts and acids which
are fundamental to the welfare of
the body.
These aids can be provided in
thousands upon thousands of homes
where their value is not understood
or appreciated, and where compare
lively little effort is made to main
tain them. Milk being one of the
most nutritious food products, as
already pointed out, a special effort
should be made to supply as much
of it as possible. One good cow will
furnish all the butter needed and
possibly one quart of skim milk and
butter milk per person for family
, OF five to ten people.
According to the amount of food
consumed the dairy cow yields an
output Of greater food value than
| does a herd of beef animals. When
grain is fed to sows, for instance,
about IS per cent is recovered for
human consumption in the form of
milk, whereas only Is per cent is
secured in the form of beef. There
are very few foods which excel milk
as to it's mineral content. It is also
one Of the very best sources for p.o-
viding protecting substances such as
the Vitar1ines, which now are known
to perform such an important and
essential part in the proper nutri-
ton of human beings. There is a
saying that "eating an apple day
keeps the doctor away" 1t might
also be appropriately applied to the
use of a pint of milk a day. Skim
milk may be used for many purposes
in the dietary if butter is also eat
en- freely. Buttermilk and butter
can often be combined to good ad-
vantage.
The size Of the flock of chickens
kept about the home will be deter
mined by the number in the family.
One well-bred and handled hen will
furnish three or four people with
eggs twice a week. There are Vari-
Gus breeds, of course, which may
be maintained. Among the best gen.
eral purpose breeds are the Barred
Plymouth Rocks and the Rhode Is
land Reds. These strains not only
provide good meat and plenty of
it, but they are excellent layers and
good mothers. It is just as cheap
to keep pure-breds as scrubs. Pure
breds will grow out faster and lay
more eggs than the mongrels. Hatch
ing in this state should be generally
in February, March and April. If
this practice is followed the birds
may be grown out to where they
will produce winter eggs by the time
autumn arrives.
Hens should not as a rule be kept
more than two years, therefore if
a flock of twenty should be main
tanned ten pullets should be raised
each year and ten of the old hens
marketed. AS rule it will take
two or three settings to furnish ten
pullets. Laying hens should, of
course, have a balanced ration, the
use Of which is conducive to egg
production. Whenever possible al
! low the birds to have a free run
upon green crops. Chickens which
are confined should be fed corn, oats
or wheat, or a mixture Of the three,
twice a day. Cover the floor of the
poultry house with six or ten pounds
of straw. Hay or leaves may be
substituted. Amy good litter, in
fact, can be used. The grain can
be fed in the litter. Use about ten
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