CORNELL 



IReabino^Course for Jfarmers' Mlives 



Published by the College of Agriculture of Cornell University, 

 FROM November to March, and Entered at Ithaca as Second-class 

 Matter under Act of Congress of July 16. 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor, 



SEilIES IV. 

 THE FARM TABLE. 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 JANUARY, 1906. 



No 19. 

 THE SELECTION OF FOOD. 



THE SELECTION OF FOOD. 



Alice Peloubet Norton. 



The food problem is one that constantly presents itself to the house- 

 keeper. Three times a day the family must be fed, summer and winter, 

 year after year. It is not strange that we become tired of thinking " what 



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Yeotrs of Age. 



Fig. 171. — Chart showing the variation in food requirements at different ages. 



to have for dinner," and that in the newspaper or magazine we often turn 

 first to the " home department " in the hope that among the new recipes 

 or suggestions something may be found applicable to us. 



The food problem to-day is a very broad one. Our increasing knowl- 

 edge has brought with it new responsibilities. Twenty-five years ago the 

 most intelligent housekeeper could do nothing more than to provide for 



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