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Page 4 BULLETIN 102, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
Referring to Figure 2, the States that have nature-gas consumers
are shown by the stars. EFFECT OF HOME ECONOMICS TEACHING In many towns more than one-half
of the gas consumers are carried at a loss because they use so little
gas that the cost of standing ready to render service and delivering
the gas is more than the income received.
Most of this is due largely to our disintegrated home-life situation and habits of makeshift meals. Of the three essentials of family life -- food, shelter, and
clothing -- food is the most important; therefore, the better and more
economical preparation of the food is vital to the family. Since the
life of our Nation depends on the preservation of our family life and,
therefore, the stemming of the tide of indifference to and distaste of
real home making and lack of appreciation that woman's greatest career
is a home maker, anythine that makes home meal service more attractive
is worth while.
The teaching of home economics in the schools and elsewhere is growing at a rapid rate. In the United States at the present time there 30,000 trained teachers of home economics teaching this subject in the schools; from 50,000 to 75,000 students of home economics in institutions of collegiate rank; and 800,000 to 900,000 pupils in the high schools and grammar grade taking either home economics or domestic science work. [2] This must result in better living conditions, more bathing, greater use of hot water, inceasing use of home-cooked foods, and the realization that the cost of gas for cooking is a small part, of the total meal cost, as shownn in Figure 3. These changes will result in an increasing use of gas for all domestic purposes, and the gas industry must meet this growinging demand. GAS SMALL PART OF TOTAL MEAL COST [3]
The relative cost of the food and gas in preparing a dinner consisting of a thick or Swiss steak, escalloped potatoes, spinach, bread, butter, rice pudding, coffee, cream, and sugar, with portions for six people, as cooked on the ordinary gas range, is shown in Figure 3. The costs in cents are given opposite the respective items. The relative per cent, represented by each of the items, is shownn by the 100 percent diagram at the right-hand side. The food costs are based [2] Mary E. Sweeny, executive secretary, American Home Economics Association, Baltimore, Maryland. [3] Based on tests made by Dr. Minna C. Denton, Office of Home Economics, U. S. Deptment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Back | Forward |
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