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tea and coffee, i pint of half milk and half cream for use on 

 cereals or puddings, and 2 1-4 quarts of skimmed milk for 

 cooking. A bill of fare which would utilize this milk is as 

 follows : 



Breakfast. — Oranges, oatmeal with half milk and half cream, coffee with cream. 

 Luncheon. — Eggs on toast, lettuce, bread and butter, tea, old-fashioned rice pudding (1 

 quart of milk, J cup sugar, J cup of rice, flavoring.) 



Dinner. — Cream of tomato soup, sirloin steak, creamed potatoes, strawberry shortcake 



So far as the nutritive value is concerned, the milk with the 

 addition of the small amounts of oatmeal and the rice con- 

 tained in this bill of fare would take the place of the cream, 

 part of the potatoes, i pound of meat, the preserves, and the 

 cake of the first bill of fare. Using the same sort of data 

 with respect to food prices, the computed cost of the second 

 bill of fare would be about 23 cents less than that of the first.' 



The above is one specific example taken merely for purposes 

 of illustration of the way in which milk may be substituted for 

 other foods. In general, in making this substitution, the fact 

 given on another page that a quart of milk is equal in nutritive 

 value to three-fourths of a pound of beef or 8 eggs should be 

 kept in mind. Or, to give the equivalent in smaller amounts, a 

 cup of milk is equal to 3 ounces of lean beef or 2 eggs in total 

 nourishment." 



Let me urge upon consumers of milk to carefully investigate 

 the source of their supply and if they find it to be pure, whole- 

 some and of standard quality to increase the quantity used in 

 the interest of economy ; also not to question a reasonable 

 price for a desirable article. I would urge upon producers of 

 milk that they furnish a product of high grade and that they 

 insist on reasonable prices for the same ; also that they study 

 the question of milk production in order to improve their condi- 

 tions and to increase their profits to a reasonable degree. If 

 this advice is followed more satisfaction will result to all. 



There has been a tendency on the part of the producers to 

 estimate the cost of production too low. For that reason I 

 think the farmer should get away from what I believe is a 

 mistaken idea that he can produce milk for 2 or 2 1-2 cents a 

 quart, by producing the feed and giving the benefit of the feed 

 that he produces to the cow and in that way figuring the cost 



