CHAPTER XXIX 



MILK AND ITS PBODUOTS 



Such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. HEBREWS v. 12. 



280. Milk as Food. Milk is one of the commonest 

 articles of diet. It contains all the food elements necessary 

 for growth. Milk not only ranks high in nourishing value, 

 but, unlike vegetables, it is almost completely digested. 

 Milk is also a very cheap food. Four pounds of milk (two 



MILK PAILS. 



quarts), costing twelve cents, will build the same amount 

 of tissue as one pound of sirloin steak, costing twenty- 

 eight cents; and five pounds of skim milk, costing six 

 cents, contain as much nourishment as a pound of the 

 best beef, costing five or six times as much. So far as we 

 know, milk has always been an important human food ; and 

 with its products, butter and cheese, it is now a popular 

 food among all civilized people. 



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