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lean meat might appear handsomer! And yet, from 

 the standpoint of food value, separating the outside 

 layers from the kernel of wheat to produce whiter flour 

 is similar. 



Whole wheat or entire wheat flour contains all 

 the layers of the kernel ground up together. It can 

 be obtained by grocers in the same sized sacks that 

 are used in shipping white flour, and at almost the 

 same expense. The coarser bran it contains is usually 

 a. helpful stimulant to the muscles of the intestines. 

 Physicians often recommend it on this account, as 

 well as because of its great nutrition. 



Another important fact to know about bread is that 

 the home-made article is usually cheaper and more 

 wholesome than^hat which is purchased from the store. 

 This follows because alum and other harmful sub- 

 stances are often added to make baker's bread light. 

 The actual cost of the materials of a loaf of bread is 

 estimated at about two cents. As a patent bread 

 maker has recently been invented that greatly lessens 

 both the time and the work of making bread, the labor 

 required is much less than it used to be. By baking 

 at home, money can be saved and better bread ob- 

 tained. Then there is no doubt as to how and where 

 the dough was handled, nor, in the clean home pan- 

 try, do the germs that infest the air have the oppor- 

 tunity that is given them in the bake shop, store, and 

 wagons where the loaves must necessarily be placed 

 before reaching our homes. 



