The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
SKIM MILK is FINE FOOD FOR REAL
FOLKS

When you and were young, Maggie dem
liens of the town called members of the next
high caste hcysoeds hicks rubes. Even
now. In spite of good roads, telephone. radio,
automobile bicycle and talkies stigma clngs
to the name of farmer in the popular mind.
and this has something to do with the desire
of many young country people to move to town
and exchange relative freedom for a mental ex-
stence In industrial slavery.
college professor appraised the value of
his column in popular health education. He
submitted number of articles selected at ran
dom to individuals Of various classes and then
examined them to determine what they had
understood of the teachings in the articles. He
found that some of the articles were lover the
head of these readers. The professors analysis
may have been correct for denizens of the
town. They are so desperately busy trying to
battle the great industrial machine that they
have neither the time nor the inclination to
learn more than they already know. My own
impression gained from thousands of letters
fessors assay may 5ecorrect for city people but
is not so for country people. The rural I. Q.
Is bit higher than the urban. This is due to
natural selection--the goofs move to town and
die off after a vain strugge those Of better
judgment remain in the country and live.
At that, country people seem extraordinarily
dumb in regard to two important food products
they grow. 1t seems to country folks arc
slower to comprehend the great value of wheat,
just as It comes from the threshing machine,
as a fOod and they arc also strangely unaware
of the great economic value of skim milk.
or course city hicks are just foolish about
these foods, but 1t Is not strange that people
In town are uniformed about wheat and skim
milk, for neither product IS readily obtainable
In the city markets. The food manufacturing
interests see to that; likewise they appropriate
u considerable portion of their profits to the
business of keeping the public prcjudiced and
uniformed about the real food value of plain
ordinary skim milk.
To be sure, either wheat or skim milk is good
enough to feed pigs with. Yes, and pigs are
good enough for people to eat. Most of the
meat consumed in America Is pig meat.
Skim milk-goodness, a lot of people who
have snobbish notions about these things, don't
whole fresh milk from which most of tho
cream has been skinned Off 1t contains every
thing the fresh whole milk contains except
only the greater part of the fat. Here, let's
compare skim milk and whole fresh sweet milk
point for point:
Butter milk Si% 81 4s% $50 1ss
Practically the only nutritive difference be-
latter has lost some of it's sugar-the lactosc
| or milk sugar has been fermented into Tactic
acid.
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
| Swim, Young 'Uns, Swim.
Is II harmful or dangerous I'm any way for
II "a person goes In bathing too soon after q
| meal h ne liable to get cramps? I'd. II. NJ
DO you share the belief of those physician'
water Is likely TO cause rheumatism? (B. NJ
| Answer--An bunk. Anybody may go In swim.
\ ming or bathing whenever he or she wishes to
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| these respects. or course older folk must con.
slider their blood pressure. hardened arteries
| damaged hearts. and the like. But young foil
| should swim while the swimming Is good and
/ give the fuss budgets pat on the back.
The MS Called Rheumatism
| Kindly send diet Hist for one who Is q grca
J sufferer from arthrltis Mrs. r.. b. H.
Answer know of no such list that Is wortI
| a boot. Send dime and stamped envelopt
bearing your address. for the. booklet. Tn
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