The New York Milk Committee says: "Milk-borne dis- 

 eases are far less common than the underfeeding which re- 

 sults from the use of too little milk." Also: "Milk is a bet- 

 ter and cheaper food raw than any condensed milk or any 

 proprietary or patent food." The committee gives the fol- 

 lowing as to the food value of milk: — 



Chemists tell us that one quart of milk is equal in food value to 

 any one of the following list of animal foods: — 



i pound lean beef at 20 cents, . 



8 eggs at 36 cents, . 



3 pounds fresh codfish at 12 cents, 



2 pounds chicken at 20 cents, . 



I pound pork loin at 15 cents, 



f pound ham at 20 cents, 



1 pint oysters at 20 cents, 



Average, .... 



Cents. 



. 15 



. 24 



. 36 



. 40 



. 12 



. 12 



. 20 



22 



Any price expended for a quart of milk buys the same food value 

 that averages to cost 22 cents in the above list. Milk also has greater 

 digestibility and a nearer perfect' balance between its various ingredi- 

 ents. No single food-product is at once so nourishing and digestible 

 for both infants and adults. 



The United States government says: "The value of milk 

 for nourishment is not as generally understood as it should 

 be. Many people think of it, for adults at least, as a bev- 

 erage rather than a food, and do not realize that a glass of 

 it adds as much to the nutritive value of a meal as a quarter 

 of a loaf of bread or a good slice of beef. A quart of average 

 milk contains the same amount of nutritive ingredients as 

 0.75 of a pound of beef or 6 ounces of bread." 



Table from Farmer's Bulletin 363, showing Nutrients and Energy in 

 1 Pound of Water-free Edible Portion of Several Food Materials. 



Food Materials. 



Protein 

 (Pound). 



Fat 

 (Pound). 



Carbo- 

 hydrates 

 (Pound). 



Mineral 



Matter 



(Pound). 



Fuel 



Value 



(Calories). 



Whole milk, .... 

 Skim milk (0.3 per cent fat), 



Buttermilk 



Cheese 



Beef, round, .... 

 Smoked ham, 



Wheat flour 



Wheat bread. 



Potatoes, 



Apples 



.25 

 .36 

 .33 

 .39 

 .57 

 .26 

 .18 

 .15 

 .10 

 .03 



.31 

 .03 

 .06 

 .52 

 .40 

 .66 

 .01 

 .02 

 .01 

 .03 



.39 

 .55 

 .53 

 .03 



.85 

 .82 

 .85 

 .92 



.05 

 .06 

 .08 

 .06 

 .03 

 .08 

 .01 

 .01 

 .04 

 .02 



2,475 

 1,835 

 1,845 

 2,990 

 2,750 

 3,275 

 1,865 

 1,865 

 1,790 

 1,885 



