, 1922-11-03
nY THoRNroN l. sNnrH.

While dairymen are complaining
that prices are so low 1t no longer
pays to keep cows and are saying
there is no market for dairy products.
It has just been demonstrated that a
considerable number OF all the school
children in as rich and prosperous a
city is Racine. wis, are going to
school hungry.
Picture a city as near to the heart
of the greatest dairying section in
the world. a city in which there are
no slums. no extreme poverty not a
great metropolis but a city OF homes.
one that has had n strong. STEADY
growth, that is typical of the rich.
agricultural Gnd industrial city OF the
middle west.
Here is a city where a survey by
the Woman's Civic League has just
shown that approximately 10 per cent
of the children go 10 school without
breakfast and ere hungry all day and
that there is another and greater
proportion which would be greatly
benefited by so much as one glass of
milk each day.
II this condition exists IN a city like
Racine, It is only fair to assume
that 1t exists or may exist anywhere.
and that is what makes this condition
OF special direct interest to the farm
ers and d~airyren.
Milk for the Children.
The good women of Racine. aided
by +. NJ. Louganecker. the capable
superintendent OF schools. OF course
would not tolerate this condition once
49, I,l TUur-1sF ~ 3f -na -n within
n week funds were p edged. public
interest rouse and now once or
twice each day. as the demand arises.
every hungry chid in the elementary
schools is provided with a bottle con-
tanning half a pint OF good. rich milk.
The benefits of this we're so quick
~ seen that in no time, other children
were asking for their haif pint of
milk at lunch time n row those
from all classes of homes, from the
poorest to those of the o wealth.
all are having their extra glass of
milk each school day.
The first day more than 200 gallons
of milk were consumed and the de-
mand has Increased steadily.
Lunch time causes almost no con-
fusion The bottle with the caps
punctured for a straw are distrib-
uted, and collected after a short inter
val. The loss of time is more than
made IN. the teachers say. by the
increased diligence and interest with
which work goes forward when it is
resumed.
One of the notable facts reported by
the teachers after the first days dis
a-sNs,@41. 80. Tho a0arnnae Nrith
which milk was consumed by children
who were known TO have had plenti-
full breakfasts. children whose moth
ers a said it was almost impos-
sible 10 get them to trink a glass
of milk. The novelty of drinking it
in company with the class was crett-
ing a taste for the strength giving
food tina will make them always bet
ter customers in tile future.
Buying the Milk.
The purchase of the milk was in
the hands of the committee of wo-
men. only the distribution being taken
over by the superintendent of schools
and his staff. They advertised for
bids among all the dairy farms and
milk distributors supplying Racine.
To thei rsuror!se there was a uni
form bid OF S cents a quart from a
dozen or more sources. There being
no advantage in point Of price from
purchasing from any special place the
committee laid their problem before
the city health department, which ex-
amines the public supply regularly.
and purchased their milk from the
dairy recommended by them as hav-
" a.. tF-I.,.N Far Cnnfanf and the
lowest bacterial count.
One of the striking factors revealed
BY the investigation was that chill
eren were going hungry to school,
growing up lacking proper nourish-
ment tnd stunted in development. not
from the homes of the very poor but
from the homes which for one cause
or another failed to understand the
necessity of a proper diet
In one home the children went 10
school after a breakfast of o and
peanuts. More expensive than a good
glass OF milk. yet without nourish-
ment to the growing children.
All Get Their Coftas.
coffee. it was found. was given to
children practically everywhere. even
those too young for school. many
times being IN 10 the table for their
morning cup. All this not from econ
orny bur. IRON lack of proper knowl-
edge.
The instruction OF the parents in
dietetics and food values was begun
here When milk distribution was be
gun in the schools and dairymen re
port hat it is having an effect N
the greater demand for milk.
Here It - something the farmers
and the dairymen ear get behind and