Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1919 — MILK IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KEEP GROWING CHILDREN IN VIGOROUS HEALTH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MILK IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KEEP GROWING CHILDREN IN VIGOROUS HEALTH

, * _ ..... (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) * Children require a foundation of good health, made by adequate nourishment, but many of them in this country are not laying this foundation. The United States departriient of agriculture is assisting the various agencies working to correct this condition. Undernourishment is not confined to the slums. Many a little Tony or Pietro, with his bo vl of thick soup and hufik of dry bread, topped off with an apple or an orange, is better fed than numbers of children in well-to-do families. The latter are too often allowed to choose what they will or will not eat, and to select food badly suited to a child’s stomach or that is lacking in nourishment. When this happens they are being starved just as much as if their parents, because of poverty, were obliged to give them

too scanty a ration. Soggy breads, fried meats, fried potatoes, and heavy pie are responsible for many underfed children. Milk Is Necessary. Milk is absolutely necessary to keep the growing child in health. It contains growth-producing substances not found in any other food. The dairy division is endeavoring to drive this lesson home to the people in every state by means of charts, lectures and exhibits. The home-demonstration agents, supervised by the department of agriculture and state colleges, are also teaching the value of milk in a child’s diet and how to select a proper meal for a growing boy or girl. Children who have been given even one pint of milk every school day for two months have made remarkable gains in every instance. >

Children Who Have Been Given Even One Pint of Milk Every School Day for Two Months Have Made Remarkable Gains in Every Instance.