Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1909 — Nourishment in a Slice of Bread. [ARTICLE]

Nourishment in a Slice of Bread.

Bakers are sometimes to think that if they make a good loaf, that is all that is required of them. Few could say off-hand ’how much nourishment there is in a slice of bread. The information Is valuable, and so we give it. Dr. Franklin White, of the Harvard Medical School, recently delivered a lecture in which he stated that one slice of bread and butter was equivalent to a plate of baked beans, % of a glass of milk, 1% eggs, three slices of roasted beef, 16 oysters, 20 cups of beef tea, 2% apples, 1% oranges or two bananas. , , y In these days of “fad” foods It is Just as well to be primed with facts, and can be readily seen how this information will be worked up by bakers who rightly advertise in the local papers. Draw the editor's Attention to the statement, and he is sure to comment on it —to your advantage. These little items help amazingly in business. —Bakers’ Magazine.