Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — Bread Still One of Cheapest of Foods Even at Increased Prices [ARTICLE]

Bread Still One of Cheapest of Foods Even at Increased Prices

By H. E. BARNARD

In the desire to economize housewives may cut down the use of bread "because the size of the Joaf is decreasing and the cost constantly increasing. This is unfortunate. Bread is our best food. In the diet of most people it is the largest single item. Today flour sells at about the same price as sugar, and the flour bill seems appallingly large to those who for years have purchased flour at three cents a pound. But even at ten scents a pound flour is cheap food when compared with meats and vegetables. If any attempt to practice economy by using less flour or eating Bess bread compels the purchase of more meat or vegetables, the expense for food is increased rather than diminished, and the family may be less successfully fed. If we can crowd into the daily diet as much as one pound of good bread a person a day, we are certain that the family will not be badly fed. Of course the bread must be supplemented by fats which are usually supplied by butter and by more lime and iron. The lime, especially for young children, is provided in milk, and fresh fruits and vegetables are □rich in iron. If fruits and vegetables are not' obtainable or are sold at prices which seem extravagantly high, special care should be taken to use a whole-wheat flour br a loaf which contains more mineral matter and cellulose than the white loaf of the baker.