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Show ( RELATIVE FOOD VALUES.' I Cereal Foods, Vegetables and Dairy Products Contain All the Nutritive Elements of Meat and Are Much Cheaper-Beef, Cheaper-Beef, tliloln Pg ,, , 'Beef, round K-Beef, K-Beef, seel '"EL j . 1 ssiar lanrfarfrl '1 ' Muttftn, leg tB 1 Ham, sraked lEaW Codfltll, trssh B Codfish. it wP lilaekcrcx) tan slsai Oysters Q Eggs H Milk ' MB, 'Cheese, rslfF", Cheese, ffi- $$!EL Butler fJaeL-Mnt yhcat'flour jggCTaHKrlEl Wheal bread jf1 Crnmeal mOgBWBSm3'!ial Beans B " " WPTTtWIlllilll1lmil'llIIIIIIIMI j Potatoes pi,,rr,JTira J!'.'" German Bjj-ffL Protein fitustl Cirbob.dnni r r , . T mfwm CJCCT .aa. Investleraflons made by ths Onvern-ment Onvern-ment show that ln many families frnm HO tn 6" per cent or moro of the Income la spent for food alone. In view of lhe fo t that fond prices aro advancing; steiadlty, whllo the wages of mnst labnr-lne labnr-lne men remain practically tho same, the problem of getting things to eat tint nra nourishing nnd palatable at a reasonable cost Is b. coming a serious one ln man) houaatio!ds. A great deal might be saved by proper know ledge of what to buy and where tn buy It tn the best advantage, and hosv to prepure and cook the materials ma-terials bought. Uxperts who have Investigated In-vestigated the subject claim that even where considerahlo care Is observed, nne-tenth of the food bought Is thrown awn) with the table and kitchen refuse In most families a much larger proportion propor-tion Is wasted. If the waste food of our cities could be utilized, It Is said, It would nourish every hungry person ln these cities It may bo n surprise tn some persons who consider a meat diet absolutely essential to their health and happiness when they lenrn that cereal foods and dairy products contain full) as much nutritious material as flesh. When properl) prepared, also, they are qtilto ns palatable. The tenderest meat, the finest fish, the highest-priced butter, and the most delicate vegetables have no greater food vnlue than many of the less costly foods The appended table, taken from Jerome Je-rome Wfatker'a Anatnmy, Thyslology and H6lene," shows the relative nutritive nutri-tive value of 55 cents' worth of various foods |