108 ILLINOIS STATE DAIR^MEN^S ASSOCIATION 



appreciate the value of dairy products an educational campaign 

 is necessary; for this purpose I give the following facts upon 

 the nutritive and dietetic value of butter. 



December lo, 191 5, a well known first class grocery sold 

 butter to the consumer in Chicago at 38 cents a pound. For 

 this price they obtained a certain amount of nutrients and econ- 

 omic service. At the prices which prevailed for the best goods 

 at that store, ten cents would have bought the following num- 

 ber of calories in the foods given, calculated from ''The Prin- 

 ciples of Human Nutrition," Jordan, p. 119, 1912: 



CALORIES OF FOOD VALUE FOR TEN CENTS 



Calories 



Whitefish at i8c a lb 180 



Steak, Porterhouse at 32c a lb 347 



Pot Roast at 14c a lb 425 



Ham, smoked, at 22c a lb 759 



Bacon smoked at 33c a lb 813 



Butter at 38c a lb 948 



Potatoes at $1.00 per bu 1867 



Bread at 4c %lb. loaf — 5 1-3C a lb. . . .2279 



At summer prices ten cents will buy the following number 

 of calories : 



, Butter at 30c a lb 1201 



Butter at 25c a lb 1442 



In the winter the price of butter is at its highest figures. 

 The rest of the year the consumers buy it at a lower price. The 

 price is much lower in the summer. The other foods in the 

 above table are nearly the same price the year around. 



Contrary to popular opinion, butter is not the most expen- 

 sive food. It is moderate in nutrients obtained for the price. 

 Butter not only has a high nutritive value, but it also has a high 

 flavor which increases the palatability and digestibility of foods 

 like bread and potatoes, which would otherwise be insipid. Three 

 hundred years ago Father Cats said : "What tastes good, nour- 



