Show Food Dollar Spent Wisely Is Healthful By MYRTLE lU YER ELDRED ELDREDA A mothers mother's knowledge of ot how to spend her food dollar is the first step In the securing of ot good diets and this no matter how limited her income One may spend money both foolIshly foolishly foolishly fool fool- and uselessly unless one is willing to Inform oneself on how to feed a family And one may n Your Baby have little money and a limited variety variety variety va va- va- va of food and still furnish the children with a healthful and adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate diet if it the money is apportioned apportioned wisely It is of course more likely that the Individual who spends generously generously generously gener gener- will despite her lack of ot knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge manage to furnish all the basic food elements But this makes it all the more imperative that thai where there is a meager budget for food that every cent must be spent where it will count most It is easier to plan and cheaper to buy large quantities of the ordinary ordinary or or- foods Flour whole grain cereals potatoes these should be purchased in as large arge amounts as asis asis asis is possible Fresh foods should be bought as used when allowed to stand about Each days day's food should be planned for the whole day taking first into consideration what Is left from the day before and then add to this whatever foods suggest themselves as fillers or additions to it Each day a family should provide one pint of milk for each child and adult better yet one quart Some of this may be used in the preparation preparation tion of foods the rest to drink One egg or one half pound of meat daily for each person over 4 a smaller portion for those under this age Provide fresh esh fruit and one cooked fruit daily dilly Cereals should be served once daily and cerea cereal foods are bread potatoes breakfast breakfast breakfast break break- fast foods whole grain varieties bananas rice macaroni etc Green vegetables and and yellow vegetables one ne raw one cooked offer a healthful healthful healthful health health- ful variety And always there should be plenty of water to drink and cod liver oil or other vitamin vitamin vita vita- mm min D product for each child Under under under un un- der 2 and preferably for each child up to 6 |