Show homemakers hints by aria 4 mckinnon evanston wyo I 1 december 23 1020 the relative merit of butter and oleomargarine is a point of much discussion from time alm to time however llo wever by the bome homemaker maker who wishes to give her hei family the food that furnia ato the most elements for body development butter is accepted without argument butter contains a gene generals raus amount of sita miu A a sub substance tance that a great part pait in growth and development of every individual and helps to increase the bodily resistance to disease there is also in butter a small amount of vitamin D which rifle aide in bone and tooth development dr 23 E V McColl mccollum urn of johns hopkins university ver sity a world authority ou on nutrition and research advises adv isea butter should be used as ik a sp spread reaLd in cooking and in the preparation of various tow food dishes whenever possible far or a liberal eral supply of vitamin A is better than ban the minimum on which growth Is possible since butter does aid so materi materially illy in growth it is a valuable purt part of every childs diet I 1 I 1 butter Is mu more readily digested and nd absorbed by the body than ahari any other food fixl fat it Is the most appetizing of any of the other fats and acl adds a distinctive flavor to all foods cooked with it in the united states experiments have been conducted by numerous scientists in which animate of the same age and breed have been fed the same diets except butter has been used in one case and margarine in the other these experiments have proven beyond question that butterfat butter tat Is tar far superior to margarine in promoting growth and health while experiments have been confined to animals in the united states state t the e medical research council ot of england carried out an experiment w with ith 00 90 boys ranging in age from 7 to 12 22 years T tiree groups of the boys were feel fed diet of meats fisli fish vegetables bread and cereals in wide variety one group was given nothing more than this the second group had a vegetable oil margarine added and no butter while the third group had butter added to the basic diet outside of baese changes in the baste isle kletthe boys were cared for in the ame aade way and under the same living conditions at the end of the year it was found that the group 4 butter had bad gained pounds in ili weight and inches in while the mari margarine farine fed group caned pounds in weight and inched in height the group which rec received elved the basic diet alone gained inches in bight and a little loss less than the margarine fed group in weight the butter fed group gained 20 9 per cent more in weight weigh tand and per cent more in height than the other grou groups groutt jt the wise bonie homemaker maker will readily see ee ehlt that butter is more economical than margarine for while the latter may cost a little less per pound the health and growth crowth of the members of the family will make up the difference in having baying been fed butter see that sour children are having the advantages that butter in diet will give them |