The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-05
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
The Food Stamp Plan in Action

mother with family OF 8 children
recently told a Nationwide radio
audience what the Stamp Plan has
done for her in bringing nutritious
and healthful foods to her family.
"For almost years now, my hus-
bands been sick and unable to get
work." she said. We have 4 boys
and 4 girls. What with rent and gas
and other necessary expenses we
haven't been able to buy the food we
need to make them healthy. I've al
ways tried to give them the best meals
I could with what we could afford.
I've gone to cooking classes and nutrl-
ton classes to learn about better
diets. But you have to have some
thing to cook, if you're going to feed
your family right.
1t doesn't matter so much when we
older folks don't get the right things
or enough to eat. You kind OF
get used to it after a while. But the
children can't do without nourishing
food.
1t does seem strange :. that IN
a country where there's enough for
everybody, children should go hungry.
We've been receiving surplus foods
through the Stamp Plan for 3 months.
We get fresh eggs, potatoes, dried
fruits and all kinds Of fresh fruit and
fresh vegetables -. just the foods
my children have always needed so
much Now | can give them meals
that will build up their bodies and
make them we'll and strong.
Like every other mother in the
world, want my children to grow up
to be healthy and happy.
only wish there'd been Stamp
Plan sooner.
With war choking off markets that
have amounted to 800 million dollars
a year for American farmers, the
Stamp Plan is not only Of benefit to
the needy, it is helping farmers to
find broader home markets to make
up for the loss of exports.
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Slogan For Milk: Keep Cool!
When milk is delivered, it should
not be left uncovered on the porch or
on the steps. A covered box should be
secured to contain the milk until 1t is
taken into the house.
Milk should be placed in a refriger-
ator as soon as possible. When kept
in a refrigerator at a temperature OF
as degrees, milk may be stored 3 or
days.
Milk products should be kept coy.
cred and in the coolest portion of the
refrigerator.
Never mix new milk or cream with
old milk or cream.
Before opening milk bottles with the
fiat (unhooded) caps, wash the top OF
the bottle.
If there is an infectious disease ii
your house, don't return milk bottles
until you get advice on the matter
from the health department.
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Read Stamps on Meat Carefully
Don't confuse the round purple
stamp Of meat inspection with Tho
grade mark when you buy beef, lamb
or veal cuts.
The round purple stamp appearing
over and over again on a carcass ]!
required by Federal law to be put OF
all meat crossing State lines eXcep
meat slaughtered on the farm. This
stamp means the meat has been in
spected and passed by the L. S. Gov
ernment as safe for human food Whel
it left the inspection establishment.
Grade marks also appear over ant
over again on the whole length Of an!
beef, veal, or lamb carcass which ha'
been officially graded for quality
They say u. S. Choice, 'U. S. Good
or whatever the quality may be. Thes'
are quality designations. Unlike th'
sanitary inspection mark, qualit!
marks are not required by law. Con
sumers who want to buy Government
graded meat should ask their butche
for it.
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On The Air
Nobody has ever grown a Christ
mas tree guaranteed to be tireproof
But Department of Agriculture chem
lists have perfected simple house
hold method for making trees immune
to fire when the Christmas season roll
around in a few weeks.
Reporters on CONSUMER TIME
weekly radio broadcast for and Of con
sumers, will tell you how on thei
weekly program Saturday morning
December 7, 1910, at ll:l5 A. NJ
Listen in if you want expert advice
on what to do as sure check agains
an accidental blaze getting started il
your tindery tree.
Cod liver oil also will find "A par
in the 15-minute broadcast. From
Government experts will give adVic
on what it is good for, what it come
from, and how it should be used. Th
consumer reporters will have a spccia
word for using cod liver oil to MAX
healthy children.
CONSUMER TIME is a reguIa
sustaining feature of the Red Net
work of the National Broadcastinj
Company. 1t is sponsored jointly b.