THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



stitutions which come nearest to the hfe of the 

 farm are teaching the young women who come 

 up from the farms how they may prepare 

 foods in the most attractive manner, at the 

 same time making the foods more digestible 

 and hence more strengthening. The United 

 States Department of Agriculture has issued 

 a number of bulletins bearing upon the ques- 

 tion of dietaries, which may be obtained from 

 that department, showing how the food of a 

 family, for instance, may be prepared in ac- 

 cordance with the facts developed in the food 

 investigations which have been carried on in 

 recent years in different parts of the world. 



Should one wish to find out whether the 

 family is being supplied with just the right 

 amount of food, and just the proper kind, an 

 interesting and profitable home test may be 

 made, based upon the tabular statements before 

 given. Elaborate preparations or paraphernalia 

 are not necessary. All the foods coming into 

 the house should carefully be weighed. Say 

 ten days is set apart for the test. Beginning 

 with the initial day, the amount of food sup- 

 ply on hand being known, the food should care- 

 fully be weighed out, so that the amount used 



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