The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-26
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
Is America Well-Fed?

Is tAuuSIlNd
As a Nation, America is not as
well-nourished as it should be-" de-
clares DR.. Hazel X. Stiebeling, nu-
tritonist of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture "Our studies of the
diets of thousands of American fami-
lies lead us to the conclusion that
at least third of our families-45
million people-are below the safety
line. Many of these people eat enough
food, but not the right kinds of food
to protect health.
"They may not be hungry-and
they may not show symptoms of
pellagra, ricketts,, scurvy, or the other
diseases produced by deficiency in the
diet. But they tire easily-they lack
pep and energy-their digestive sys-
TENS are frequently upset-they are
subject to all kinds of aches and
pains. They may not be sick in bed
but they are in the general condi-
tion of being below par
"a good diet contains plenty OF
! what we call the protective foods
which are known to be good sources
of important vitamins and minerals,
as we'll as plenty of proteins, carbo-
hydrates, and fats. Milk, eggs, but
ter, green and yellow vegetables,
fruits and the less refined cereals are
important in the list of protective
foods, and are the things most likely
to be lacking in poor diet. For low
income groups in some parts OF the
country, lean meat is a serious deficI-
ency.
an general, families on poor diets
get plenty of starchy foods-because
they are cheap-and they are filling
A poor diet is likely, also, to have
plenty of fats. 1t is in the protective
foods that the poor diet is most likely
to be lacking.
"Undernourished people live every
where. Generally speaking, families
with low incomes have poorer diets
than those with larger incomes
larger families have poorer diets thar
small families from geographic
point of view, families in the South
east have poorer diets than those il
other parts of the country; Negro
families have poorer diets than white
families; and, generally, city fami
lies have poorer diets than farm
families
Investigate Mattress Filings
Labels on mattresses should tel
what fiber is used, the grade OF th'
fiber, and whether or not the materla
is new or reclaimed.
Best hair mattresses contain hal
! from horses names, very soft an'
durable hair, plus an admixturesof tn
harder tail hair.
Cheaper hair mattresses are tllle'
with hogs hair, which has tendenc.
to mat and become very hard. Cattl
tail hair is used, too, despite habl
it has of giving off offensive odor
during hot or damp weather.
Hair-flled mattresses are eXpenslv
when they are of top flight quality
and in the lower grades they are les
satisfactory than cotton mattresses.
good rule is to favor a cotton mattr"s
whenever its price range overlap
that of another type of mattress.
Best cotton-flled mattresses ar
made from grade A cotton felt. !
the cheaper variety, unfeIted cotto
linters are simply blown into the matt
ress ticking, and occasionally RAJ
cotton is used as filling. Factory
raw cotton mattresses are usually les
desirable than feltcd cotton mattress
eS.
Kapok makes a soft mattress, but
very brittle, and unless the mattres
5 is summed and aired frequently, tn
kapok breaks down into dust pan
ticles.
Very low priced mattresses ar
filled with excelsior, straw, and cot
ton waste Occasionally these ar
sold under deceptive names. Exec
sior for example has been sold a
pine Fiber or Wood Wool
X X X
On the Air
If you want to know what tn
wattagc of the bulb in your bridg
lamp should be, or whether the hEh
- should come over your left or you
right shoulder, you can get tn
answers by tuning in to CONSUME
TIME, Saturday morning, Dcccmbe
%, at 1l:l5 Eastern Standard Time
Consumer reporters, broadcastln
under the joint auspices of the Ger
eral Federation of Women's Clubs
and the Consumers Counsel Divislo
of the Department Of Agriculture
will feature good lighting at home
as the major part Of the program o
the 28th. They will bring listener
tips on home lighting from Depart
ment of Agriculture scientists.
Consumers will also hear about DIR
milk, what it is, what it contribute
to the diet, and what it costs. Tun
in if you want to learn one way c
incrnaeipty vnIlr milk COnglImpt ION