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8. A pound of digestible protein is twenty-one times as expensive 

 in eggs, and fifteen times as expensive in meat, as it is in cottonseed 

 meal. 



9. One part of fresh, sweet meal, sifted free from hulls and lint, 

 should be used mixed with at least four parts of corn meal or wheat 

 flour. Diluted in this way few people will be able to eat more than 

 two ounces of cottonseed meal daily. Cottonseed meal should not be 

 eaten in addition to meat, unless it is known that too little meat is 

 being eaten. 



C) POTATOES IN PLACE OF BREAD 1 



If wheat remains at its present high figure or continues to rise in 

 price, and if there is a corresponding increase in the price of bread, 

 scientists hi the department suggest that the ordinary household will 

 find it advantageous to eat more potatoes and less bread. With 

 potatoes at 60 cents a bushel, 10 cents' worth, or 10 pounds, will give 

 the consumer a little more actual nourishment than two i-pound 

 loaves of bread at 5 cents each. The protein and fat are present in 

 appreciably larger amounts in the bread, but the potatoes will be 

 found to furnish more carbohydrates and more heat units. 



Carbohydrates (starch) contribute greatly to the energy value of 

 any diet, and since potatoes are rich in these, families that wish to 

 expend their money to the best advantage are recommended to con- 

 sider whether they cannot make a more extended use of them. They 

 are easy to cook and when prepared in different ways can be made 

 to lend variety to the winter diet when green vegetables are hard to 

 obtain. Like other foods relatively rich in carbohydrates, however, 

 potatoes should be eaten with foods correspondingly rich hi protein, 

 such as milk, meat, eggs, etc., and with foods like butter, cream, and 

 meat fat to supply the fat that the body needs. 



Under normal conditions in Europe and America the potato ranks 

 next to bread as a carbohydrate food. If prices change sufficiently to 

 make it desirable from a financial point of view, there is no scientific 

 reason why potatoes should not be substituted to a great extent for 

 bread. In addition the potato, like many fruits and vegetables, helps 

 to neutralize an acid condition in the body. This is another reason 

 for its being eaten in combination with meat, fish, and other animal 

 foods. 



'From Weekly News Letter to Crop Correspondents, March 10, 1915. 



