RURAL NEW-YORKER 
-\s the most popular organ in a man’s 
makoup is said to bo liis stomach, ho should 
have some ideas upon the most i)opu]ar 
topic of the day—food conson-ation. 
Wife came homo the other day from 
tlio Rod Cross mooting—what a i)laco for 
the free intorchango of fominino ideas 
tiu'se Red Cross mettings are proving to 
1 ) 0 —and said that she learned there that 
the food exports reckoned that it costs $1] 
per week to provide an adult with sufli- 
ciont food. This seemed high to us. so we 
sat down with pencil and paper after 
supi)er to find out just what our food did 
Cost us. ^\e could figure pretty accurate¬ 
ly, for there are but two in the family, 
and long experience has taught the house¬ 
keeper just about what amount of food 
has to be provided. At the present high 
prices, we found that our food costs us 
.$2.17 each per week. 
’file biggest item ^,■as for eggs; a dozen 
and a half, at (!0 cents per dozen. Wheat 
flour cost us 42 cents, sugar 4.S cents, but¬ 
ter CO cents, meat .W cents, milk 40 cents, 
Iiotatoes 2.5 cents, other vegetaliles 25 
cents, coffee 1.2 cents, tea 10 cents. That 
is for the two o’’ us. AVe have probniily 
allowed too much for meat, for we eat 
very little, but. aside from this, and the 
fact that absolutdy nothing in the food 
line is Avasted. our table would probably 
fairly repre.seut that of the avm-age coun¬ 
try family in comfortable circumstances. 
Our actual money expenditure is much 
less than this, for A-egetables. poultry 
products and some other things are pi-o- 
duced upon the place. 'Phis reduces their 
cost. 
Recause of tin* j)resent necessity for 
saving some foods, we ha\e made some la*- 
adjustments of our ordinary food schedule. 
For instance, we are substituting corn- 
meal bread and oatmeal bread for that, 
made Avholly from wheat flour. Corn meal 
bread probably costs us more than wheat 
bread, and it certainly t.akes more butter 
t)> make it palatable, but otlnus need the 
wheat more than we. Our war bread, 
made from one-third, oatmeal, is so well 
liked that it will remain iiermanently 
upon our table. 
'I’he gr('at(*.st wiauich to our food habits, 
and to our consciences also, c.ame Avith 
the substitution of oleo for butter in cook¬ 
ing. We are members of tin' Dairymen's 
I.e.ague and knoAv Avhat it means if that 
habit becomes universal. 'J'here is no use 
in closing one’s eyes to the inevitable, 
howi'ver, the high price of butter and the 
difficulty in procuring it is making oleo 
more and more iiopular. and many fam¬ 
ilies that learn to use it now will lu'ver 
return to butter. AVith all his other 
troubles, the dairyman is face to face with 
the fact that a substitute' for one of his 
chief product!' must be increasingly reck¬ 
oned Avith. 
Our normal consumption of five pounds 
of sugar per Aveek is Ix'ing cut doAvn. too. 
This is no hardship, as we eat too much, 
anyway, and honey Avill partly replace it. 
A beneficial effect of Avar conditions Avill 
be the increased utilization of honey as 
food. One of the A'aluable food resources 
of the country is being made comparative¬ 
ly little use of because of o ir failure to 
make honey a poi)ular article of food. On 
many tables it is never seen at all. Our 
forefathers erred Avhen they did not 
choose the honey bee as a national emblem 
in place of the eagle. As an e.\emplar of 
virtues Avhich should be national, the 
eagle cannot compare Avith the honey bee 
in times of peace, and. if anyone thinks 
that the latter cannot defend its home 
and its just rights Avhen danger threatens, 
he Ciin easily be convinced to the contrary. 
An effort is being made to establish a 
department of home economics, with a sal¬ 
aried instructor, as a permanent part of 
the County Farm Bureau activities. This 
does not seem Avise to us at this time. AA''e 
have had demonstrations from such an in¬ 
structor at intervals through the Summer 
and the interest shown by the home¬ 
makers of the community has been slight. 
This may be partly accounted for by the 
ovi'rAvhelming demand Avhich the Red 
Cross, and other activities more directly 
connected Avith our Avar iireparations, 
have made upon our Avomen. but it is 
(luite evident that those Avdio most need 
iii.structioii in home ('conomics are not yet 
in any mood to seek it at the hands of the 
graduates from the State College of Agri¬ 
culture. Fntil the demand for this in¬ 
struction is greater than it is iioav. and 
until methods car be devised for reaching 
the least, ratlu'r than the most, efficient 
home-makers of the community, our 
county legislature Avill hardly be justified 
in unnecessarily adding to the tax burdens 
Avhich the Avar is sure to bring us. 
lAr. B. 1). 
Conserving a Deer 
Husband has just returned homo from 
the North Woods Avith a very fine deer, 
and as I have been caring for the meat I 
Avondered if perhaps my Avay of caring 
for the venison Avould not be of use' to 
other hou.seAvive.s'.. ’riie choicest cuts of 
steak Avill be fried like beefsteak and 
packed in pint cans very closely and cov¬ 
ered Avith the gravy made by pouring a 
very little boiling Avater in spider Avhere 
it is fried. Sa'uI Avhile very hot. The rib 
pieces are corned by the folloAving ri'cipt'. 
Avhich is exci'llent. also, for beef: 
_ For 100 lbs. of beef use 41 lbs. of salt, 
six lbs. of Avhite sugar and tAvo ounces of 
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