The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-05-29
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers'
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. c.
We All Need the Right Food

lledll greater NiSOI VI Uouy eaiiu Hiihu
ir the job, greener old age, and
longer, happier life.
"Do we care enough for thes things
to change diet habits if need be?
"Not only would each of us gain
from good diets; the Nation would
gain, too. Never has the need been
greater than now for citizens with
bodies and minds ready to meet what
ever the future may hold.
"Habit is not safe guide to good
diets. The newer knowledge of nu-
triton must be put into practice
throughout the length and breadth of
the land. Families should know how
to get the well-rounded and varied
meals they need for what they can
spend in money, time and energy.
"Some families need financial help.
The resources of many in the lower
income groups cannot provide ade-
quate diets. These people need in
creased earnings. Many need further
opportunities to produce food for
home USE Some have no breadwinner
and are dependent wholly or in part
on public aid Special programs such
as the Food Stamp Plan, free school
lunches, and low priced milk are help
ing many needy families.
"Our nation is attacking the prob
lem of nutrition on many fronts. But
still other and better ways of thinking
and doing can be developed if we put
our minds to it.
"If malnutrition is like an iceberg,
as one authority has suggested, and
its greatest mass and greatest danger
lie beneath the surface, then it is time
for US to look beneath the surface for
its hidden signs and causes and to DO
something about it."
From "Are We Well Fed? pub
lished by the Bureau Home Econom-
les, and for sale by the Superintend-
ent of Documents, Washington, ID. G.
Price: Is cents.)
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Making Unpastuerized Milk Safe
Where milk is not pasteurzed,
health experts recommend that 1t be
boiled before use or made safe by one
of 3 ways:
CD Boil the milk in a pan direct
" over the fire for 3 minutes while
stirring constantly, and then cool i'm
medately by placing the kettle in
cold water, and then in the retrig-
orator
GU Place the milk in a double
faI
in the lower pan boils for 8 min
utes. Then cool it quickly.
(3) Punch hole in the top of the
bottle cap after pouring out little
milk. Then insert a thermometer and
heat the milk in pan of hot water
until the temperature reaches ll3 de-
grees. Keep the milk at this temp
erature for a half hour. Then cool
slowly and put the milk in a refrig-
orator.
These treatments not only eliminate
the danger of milk diseases but delay
souring of the milk.
Trapping the Tick
Give yourself twice-a-day once.
over and watch your clothing wher
you're in tick country.
Ticks carry Rocky Mountain Fever
very serious diseaSe-but luckily fol
hikers and campers, only one tick ii
several hundred may transmit tn,
disease with his bite.
First rule, if you live in the coun.
try, is to reduce the tick population
around the house by cutting grass
short, and clearing weeds and brusl
away. These make ideal hiding
for ticks.
Second rule is to look yourself over
carefully couple of times a day anc
pull off any stray ticks. Childrei
particularly should be watched. Cont
your hair the wrong way to clear out
any ticks that may be out of sight.
Remove ticks with twceZcrS, but
don't jerk them loose. Burn them
never crush them between your fling
ers. Put iodine on the wound by
dipping a point of IA round woodcr
tootbpick into the antiseptic and ther
drilling it lightly into the skin at the
point where the tick attached itself
It's a good idea to stcriZe the tweez
ers, also, by washing them in alc0.
hol.
Dogs pick up ticks very easily. lou
can remove them the same way you
do from yourself. Or you can dir
the dog in a dcrris wash to destroy
all the ticks.
If anyone is bitten by tick anc