"There is food enough in flesh and vegetables wasted in Canada every year to feed 

 every hungry mouth, if conserved and saved. Authorities in Britain state that the 

 majority of people should save 10 per cent, more than usual and the more wealthy, 20 

 or 25 per cent. Are we doing it?" — Monetary Times. 



"It has been said that more is wasted in a Canadian home in one week than would keep 

 a French family for two weeks, and there can be little doubt that there is much truth in 

 this statement. Nearly every day in very many homes enough is thrown away to make 

 most valuable soups, and garbage cans far too often reveal most deplorable waste.' ' 



— Dept. of Public Health, Toronto. 



Meat Consumption 



Based on the Census returns of 1910, the per capita consumption in Canada works 

 out to 61 lbs. of beef, 9 lbs. of mutton, and 66% lbs. of pork, or 136% lbs. of all kinds of 

 meat. 



An estimate of the per capita consumption of meat in the United States was given 

 as 172 lbs. for 1909, and from the information to hand it appears that Canada's neighbor 

 is the greatest consumer of meats per capita. Other countries are given as follows: 

 United Kingdom, 119 lbs.; France, 80 lbs.; Germany, 113 lbs.; Argentina, 140 lbs.; 

 Denmark, 76 lbs.; Norway and Sweden, 74 lbs.; Belgium, 70 lbs.; Austria-Hungary, 

 64 lbs.; Russia, 50 lbs., and Spain, 49 lbs. 



ECONOMY IN FOOD 



The following appeal is made in the September issue of the Journal of the Board of 

 Agriculture of Great Britain: Everyone who lives in the country or has a garden 

 can produce something to eat — the more the better; vegetables, fruit, poultry, eggs, 

 rabbits, milk, cheese. 



Every Plant in your Garden may Save You Money. 



Produce all you can; buy as little as possible! Cultivate thoroughly! Destroy 

 insect pests and weeds! Prepare manure! 



Preserve and Store Your Crops With the Greatest Care. 



The finest harvesting may be rendered useless by bad storing. Protect from the 

 weather ! Destroy vermin ! Store your own vegetables ! Bottle your fruit or make jam 

 or pulp of it! Preserve your eggs when abundant? Cure your own bacon. 



Eat Little Meat 



Replace meat by milk, cheese, peas, beans and lentils, which are as rich in flesh- 

 formers as meat, and much cheaper. Use more vegetables! Eat more fruit! Bake 

 your own bread; it will be cheaper and better. 



Cook Vegetables by Steaming 



Boiling in water reduces their food value! Cook potatoes in their skins! Use the 

 hay-box cooker; it will save coal. 



Waste Nothing 

 Buy nothing from abroad that can be produced at home. 



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