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Show mmmm BUY MUTTON IN QUARTERS Provo, Oct. 20. William H. Ray, Another way ot reducing tho high cost of living to buy mutton In qur-tors qur-tors or halves and then share with your neighbors. Food specialists of tho Department of Agriculture who have been Investigating Inves-tigating tho subject find that thero is a wldo variation In tho prices asked ask-ed for lamb and mutton in different cities and towns and even in different differ-ent butcher shops in the samo locality. local-ity. In many places the prices asked ask-ed by tho pound for these foods close ly approach those asked for beet and pork. In other places, owing to conditions con-ditions of local supply, thero is such a price difference between mutton ard beef aB to make mutton a relatively rela-tively cheap food. Tha specialists find that In nutritive value and digestibility diges-tibility mutton Is practically Inter-changeable Inter-changeable with beef. The waslo is about tho same percentage, although mutton has a slight advantage over beef In containing less water. In many markets where the pound price of mutton and lamb Is high, caroful Bhpppers will find that tbey can obtain this form of meat very much lower by buying hind quarters or half carcasses Instead of buying chops nnd roasts separately by the pound. In the caso of a hind quarter quar-ter the chops can bo cut off and served serv-ed for one meal and tho roast will sorvo for another meal. In this wny tho family often will obtain chops at n prico per pound lower than that asked for roast alono by tho pound.-Where pound.-Where u half carcass is "bought, In addition to tho chops and roasts, tho family will havo a foro quarter and ment for stowing. Tho sheep Is very convenient for purcluiBO In this way as it is small and can bo kept In an ordinary refrigerator. Frequently fr. rallies combine and buy a whole carcass and divide it, and in, this way get still better prices and obtain expensive ex-pensive cutB at a low averago per pouud. The specialists ot tho Department De-partment advise women who find the coBt of other meats oppressive to Investigate In-vestigate thsso quantity buying methods meth-ods and nlso to look Into the differences differ-ences in prices charged for lamb and mutton by different retailors in their neighborhoods. Utah Farmer |