The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-01-18
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. c.

Consumer Resolutions For 1910
! Here are some resolutions for con-
sumers who want to start off the new
year right. They come from the Con-
sumers' Counsel Division Of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration.
buy meats with the Government
quality grade mark on them. If you
can't get Government graded meats in
your neighborhood keep asking for
them until you can.
Watch your weights and meas
ures. Be sure to keep your eye on
the scale pointer whenever you buy
anything by weight. And on packaged
goods, look for the net weight printed
on the label, If you think you are
being short weighted report it to your
{; local or State weights and measures
official.
Buy Government graded canned
fruits and vegetables. Look for the
grade mark A, B, or c on the label,
and buy the grade that fits your needs
and pocketbook.
4.-Learn all about the new Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act which goes
, into force this year. Write the Con-
sumers' Counsel Division, Department
/, of Agriculture, Washington, d. c., for
a copy of the act. Learn how you are
protected by its provisions.
. 5.-Get together with farmers
, groups to see whether the cost Of milk
;, to consumers can be cut in your COM
munity. Help to get more milk to
T, children everywhere. This will help
your farmer-neighbors as well as
/. yourself.
: Food Value of Margarine and Butter
People often ask whether there is
!. any difference in the food value OF
. margarine and butter.
I, Margarine and butter are both pre-
/. dominantly fats. Under Federal laws
butter must contain at least 80 pei
cent butterfat, and under Federal reg
ulations margarine must contain 8C
, per cent fat.
I, Now fats are high-calorie foods
4. which are important in tn diet because
. they are rich source of energy. They
. rank above any other kind of food ir
f. fuel or energy value. A pound OF
I butter, or margarine, for example
!. furnishes about 3,4OO calories.
For energy purposes, there is lit
+. tie to choose between the various
. kinds of pure fat. They are all, more
/. or less, equally digestible, and equal
= ly rich in fuel value.
However, since neither butter MOI
. margarine is all fat, there are differ
+. ences between them.
! Apart from the fact that people ca
/. butter because they like it, it's con
I. sistency is desirable as bread spread
f, Further, butter contains 2 importan
: vitamins, A and ID. The amount O.
i, these vitamins in butter depends upon
: the diet of the cows that produced th'
+. milk from which the butter was made
Thus the Vitamin-A content of butte
may range all the way from abou
. 1,40O international Units per poun'
/. up to 27000 international Units pc
pound. The Vitamin-D content of tn
butter depends upon how much SUI
and also on the kind of food the COW
get.
Margarine's value as source o
vitamins depends upon it's ingredients
Animal-fat margarines containing
substantial proportion of oleo oil ma.
hav some Vitamin-A value. Under
ruling of the Meat Inspection Servic
animal-fat margarines are not per
mitted to be fortified with vitamins.
magazines churned in whole milk
whether made from animal or vege
table fats, have such Vitamin-A valu
as the milk contributes.
Vegetable oils used in margarine
manufacture do not contain Vitamin
A and ID. However, manufacturers o
some vegetable margarines fortif.
their products with vitamn concen
trates.
A pound Of the fortified margarine
provides at least 1880 Internationa
Units of Vitamin A, the amount in
pound of so-called average butter
Such margarine also contains SOM
Vitamn ID. To find out whether or no
a margarine is fortified, read the la
bel.
Obviously, if butter and margarin
were the only sources of these vita
Minis, either butter or the fortifie,
vegetable margarnes would be essen
tial in the diet.
Actually, however, no one expect
either butter or margarine to meet hi
days needs for Vitamins A and ID.
Freedom from the ailments whic
come from deficiencies of these tw
vitamins cannot be assured whethe
you eat margarine or butter, or both
Your state of nutrition is determine
by your entire diet. The best safe
guard is a well-rounded diet.
X X X
Does a Drawn" Chicken Cost More
Here's rough rule to use in con,
pairing the cost of dressed and draw
chickens.
A dressed chicken is bird whic
has been plucked and bled, but wit
the entrails, head and feet unremove