Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1919 — MAKE MONDAY MEAN MUTTON [ARTICLE]

MAKE MONDAY MEAN MUTTON

Use of Sheep Meat One Day a Week Should Appear Especially to Small Families. ' (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The average housewife would be surprised to learn that in a year she buys for every person in the household only about five pounds of mutton or lamb, as compared with about 71 pounds of pork and 67 pounds of beef. If all American families” used sheep meat one dav a week in the average daily amount of other meats, that would mean more than 20 pounds of mutton and lauib annually ter capita, or four times its present consumption. More than that, the head of the family, who pays the bills, would no doubt encourage purchasing mutton - and lamb in larger cuts, Instead of merely a few chops at a time, if he were made to realize the greater economy and the greater encouragement to production. In that connection a shoulder of mutton or a leg of lamb, being smaller than the average beef joint, should appeal especially to small families.