STRENGTH 'FROM MILK.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17734, 6 December 1919, Page 9

STRENGTH 'FROM MILK.

Plenty of milk is one of the simplest ways of improving the general health of children, authorities believe, and home demonstration agents of the United States Department of Agriculture and the State colleges are making special efforts to create public interest to see that every child will get his share. In some cities, where many children have been found undernourished and undersized, milk is served to the schools. In 19 Indianapolis schools 2000 children have been served a half pint of milk each school day during the past year. \. The milk is delivered at the schools in individual half pint bottles. A hole is punched in the cap of the bottle and a straw is inserted. lThe children help themselves as they march past, and afterwards they return the empty,bottles to the rack. This work in Indianapolis is maintained !by the parent-teacher clubs, but it is largely self-supporting. The majority df the children pay 3 cents a day, or 3S cents for milk and crackers. Those who cannot-pay ■ -get the milk free/ The children are measured and weighed, and the chart of, each child is kept in his schoolroom, so he may see whether he is up to normal or below. All the children are much interested in weighing what they should. The teachers report a marked improvement in the school work and want the work continued. The Indiana home demonstration agents co-oper-ate with the county welfare committees in, weighing and measuring the children. j