Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-15
COPRA CAKE TO Be
I BOON TO F|L|P|NOS
Food Experts Say 1t Is Good
Substitute for Beef.
steak.
CHEAP AND HEALTHFUL:
MANY TONS AVAILABLE
Government Uses Guinea Pigs
to Determine Good Native
Foods From Bad.
Hy Roy G. ncnnett.

~ AAOS -. Itenutu.
MANILA. Il. L., Jan. l4-Fifty guinea
PIGS are in II special room In the Blu
reau of Science Building in Manila
roasting to their hearts content to
: teach Il stan of food specialists what
Filipino diets are good and what ones
are worthless. They constitute part
. or the force working under the dircc-
ton OF Miss Hartlcc Embrey, food
chemist for the Rockefeller Foundu-
tion. who is here experimenting with
food products in the Philippines in an
enort to work out balanced ration
which VIII not cost the average Fill
pino price out OF his reach.
Part of the guinea pigs eat one diet
while others feast on another. Some
OF them are fat ms guinea pigs can
get, while others are skinny, and still
others are dying with scurvy. The
latter classes are martyrs to tho
cause. They are dying that Filipino
babies may live. The effect of the
the food specialists, and through them
the general public. that these foods
are not to be eaten.
Coprn Cnkc to Replace BrcfstcnI.
Miss Embrey. who has been In the
Orient about two years, came here
for short stay. She is II part of the
Rockefeller Foundation organization
in China. and is engaged In the study
of foods there. She had n vacation
due her and was willing to come
here and spend II At work II the
Philippine government would pay the
expenses of her trip. She has been
here only Il few weeks, hut already
has found valuable food products go
ing to waste. while the Islands squan-
der their earnings trying TO buy i'm
ported produsts.
For instance. copra cake. which is
what is left when the oil! Is pressed
from the coconut meat, has been found
to contain foods for human consump-
lion. \ chunk OF conrn ""rc VIII an
swer the purpose OF n beefsteak very
nicely, she finds. Copra cake Is
available in the islands by tho hun
dreds of tons. 1t practically Is n
waste product of the oil mills. When
freight rates are very low and live
stock in the United states high, much
IS shipped there for cattle feed. but
conditions now are adverse TO ship
ping it there, and there is little use
for it,
The staff of workers at the Bureau
/, of Science Is making most everything
; from soup TO dessert from Il and one
; can eat II with far more relish than
: one can display in disposing of dish
of some Of tho most approved break
1ast 1oodS.
Experiment With aIungo Bcnn.
If this product can be placed on the
Filipino tables 1t will go long way
toward avoiding diseases, such as beri
beri, common among Filipinos who
cat too much polished rice. Also II
VIII stop the heavy imports In food
products, which is largely responsible
FOR AN ailing trade balance for the
isla nds.
y mungo bean. common in the
islands. also looks good to the food
chemists. VINO are trying To see how
many ways they can use IT, It's
cheaper and apparently chemically
valuable for food
Thousands of Filipinos die annually
because of under nourlshment and be-
cause of diseases brought on by i'm
proper foods. Miss Emhrcy's task is
10 find food products they can get
cheapiE, prepare easily and eat safely.
3 tcopyriEht. 1922. -PGLlLc Ledger Coz