The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-10
paign this fall for compulsory meat
grading laws in their cities.

tHe SONC - MEhS Guluc, TuUllCd-
tion of the Consumers Counsel Divis-
ion Of the AAA, should not raise the
price of meat to consumers. The
actual cost of quality grading done by
trained government graders amounts
to one-fiftieth of a cent a pound. But
grading does help consumers to COM
pare meat prices and to know what
quality they are getting when they buy
meat. For several years Seattle, Wash
ington, has had compulsory meat
grading law.
"In many communities meat dealers
have voluntarily had their meats gov
ernment- graded. Careful consumers
always ask to see the government
quality stamp on meat before they
buy"
If you want to know how this gov
ernment service can help you in your
meat buying problems, write to the
Consumers Counsel Division of the
AAA for it's free illustrated pamphlet
entitled "When You Buy Meat" Here
in brief simple form meat grades are
explained. The pamphlet tells the diff
ference between the familiar purple
circle indicating government sanitary
inspection and the ribbon stamp show
ing the quality grade. 1t lists the diff
ferent grades from high tol low and
shows what they look like so consumers
can spot them on the meat they buy.
In addition, the pamphlet gives some
hints on how to save money when buy
ing meat.
Ask also for "Meat Grades At Your
Service" an imaginary dialogue be-
tween Mrs. Blank and her butcher. A
more detailed story is told here of the
meaning of meat grades and how they
act as guides to quality.
Both pamphlets are free. Unions,
consumer groups, clubs, and similar
organizations can secure them in
quantity if desired for distribution
among members. Address: Consumers
Counsel Division, Agriculture Ad-
justment, Administration, Department
of Agriculture, Washington, ID. G..
X X X
Are Men Better Buyers Than WOmen?
When the Richmond, Virginia, Bu-
reau of Weights and Measures asked
service station operators which OF
their customers-men or women
were more careful consumers, the
answer was MEN.
Seventy-fve percent of the oper-
ators who entered Weights and
Measures contest, reports the CON
SUMERS' GUIDE, publication of the
Consumers Counsel Division of the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra-
ton, said that their men customers
checked their purchases more care,
fully than the women.
After tabulating the results of the
contest, the Chief of the Bureau OF
Weights and Measures in that cit!
issued this warning:
should watch or check their trans
actions. We should see that we get al
that is coming to u.s."
Look to your laurels, ladies'!
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Cooking Rules For Meats
1t might be quicker to get a roas
to the family dinner table by cooking
it in "scorching" oven, but you'll
save money and get tastier meat i
you keep the oven at a low constan
temperature over a longer period o.
time.
These are the findings of kitchen re
searchers at the laboratories of th'
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, as reported by the CONSUMERS
GUIDE, publication of the Consumers
Counsel Division of the AAA.
Household chefs wishing to do full
Justice to beef ribs and leg of laml
roasts keep their ovens at a constan
temperature of $50 degrees c. go:
degrees F.) during all the time th'
roast is cooking, the Missouri re
searchers found. Pork loin cooks bes
in an oven kept at a temperature o
IT'S degrees c. (347 defrees F.)
while less tender cuts of U. S. Medium
grade beef should be cooked in al
oven of $50 degrees c. constant TEN
perature. Chuck, rump and ham TASTE
best when prepared at constant low
temperature of 1875 degrees c., the in
vestigators found.
1t may take time to follow these
rules, says the GUIDE, but you vii
save on fuel costs, and you will fine
that the meat tastes better.
X X X
Food For Cold Weather
Mothers who overload their child
ren's winter diets with starches
sugars, and fats in the belief that eX
ira amounts are needed during thu
cold months may do more harm THAI
good to their children's health.
Every recent study of family diet:
shows that we are usually best off a:
to energy foods, worst off as to pro
tective foods, says the CONSUMERS
IGUIDE, publication of the Consumers
Counsel Division of the AAA.
"If you are interested in providing
meals for the family's best health, con
centrate on the protective foods first
Build foundation of milk, eggs, greer
and yellow vegetables, tomatoes O