52 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Trials were accordingly made by which a large number of men students 

 at college, were furnished milk as part of their daily diet, the quantity be- 

 ing varied during successive trial periods. The milk was much relished by 

 a large majority of the students, ana at the time the quantity was the great- 

 est there was no indication of any effects injurious to health. When after 

 a fixed although liberal allowance in one period, milk was supplied to be 

 used ad libitum in the next, the quantity thus voluntarily consumed in- 

 creased 55 per cent, the increase amounting to about one pound of milk 

 per day to each person. It was conclusively shown that such free use of 

 milk diminished the consumption of other foods. 



The daily cost of food per man was eight cents less during the period 

 when milk was furnished in unlimited quantity than when the supply was 

 limited. Following are the main results of these trials, as summarized in 

 the report mentioned: 



1. The cost of the animal focnls bought for the commons of the Maine 

 State College during 209 days was 69 per cent of the total food cost, varying 

 in the different periods from 63.7 to 73.1 per cent. This shows very clearly 

 the direction in which economy can most effectively be exercised in pur- 

 chasing a food supply. 



2. The freer use of milk did not, as is supposed by some to be the 

 case, increase the gross weight of food eaten. The extra amount of food 

 consumed replaced other animal foods to a nearly corresponding test in the 

 first trial, and caused a proportionate diminuition in the consumption of 

 vegetable food in the second study. 



4. In both trials the increased consumption of milk had the effect of 

 materially narrowing the nutritive lation of the dietary, a result which, 

 in view of the recognized tendency of Americans to consume an undue 

 proportion of fats and carboyhdrates, appears to be generally desirable. 



5. The dietaries in which milk was more abundantly supplied were 

 somewhat less costly than the others and at the same time were fully as 

 acceptable. 



6. These results indicate that milk should not be regarded as a lux- 

 dry, but as an economical article of diet which families of moderate income 



