Show V V V VV V V county agent y y news y dy by loroy leroy C funk agent V if y s if while eggs are cheap Is a good time for the farm family to eat them true an eg diet Is tiring ring t I 1 but it if they ae property properly prepared prepared they may bo be made very appetizing if r our estimate of the value of eggs in the diet is based on two sets of facts said dr hazel harel K of the bureau of home economics of the united stated department of agriculture in speaking before the national poultry congress these are facts regarding their nut itlie importance and facts concerned with their adaptability to cookery processes besses the extent of their use depends partly on such values partly on their flavor and on the thela cost from the standpoint of nutrition tri tion she continued the egg is really two foods instead of one the whits white part cart of the ess eg Is almost a pure watery polut solution mon of e certain proteins of aa high h biological value for bodybuilding body building and maintenance te nance the yolk on the other hand contains many well r lecog nihed food substances it furnishes concentrated fuel tor for the body contains protein of tine fine quality and has an unusually rich store of the minerals and vitamins necessary for growth and development and for the maintenance of health and vigor vigo every calorie portion of egg Is about three and one halt half times as rich in protein twice as rich in calcium three times as rich in phosphorus and four times as rich in arora as we believe the average calorie potion po tion ot of food jor for the adult need be moreover these there nutrients are in forms especially especial ay adapted for conversion into body tissue a fact which makes the food value of the e eg g much greater than man mere enumeration of the nutrients would indicate the T he egg yolk js Is also rich in the fat soluble vita vitamins mines |