It takes some thought to put them together so that we shall have all kinds of parts without a great many extra ones of certain kinds and not enough of others.
Milk is unique in that it comes nearest of all foods to being a complete diet in itself.

It is like the house with only a door missing.

We could be quite comfortable in such a house for a long time though we could make a more complete diet by adding some graham bread or an apple or some spinach.
We all associate milk with cows and cows with farms, but how closely is milk associated with the farm table?
Is it prized as the most valuable food which the farm produces?
Every drop should be used as food; and this applies to skim milk, sour milk, and buttermilk as well as sweet milk.

Do we all use milk to the best advantage in the diet?
Here are a few points which it is well to bear in mind: _Milk will take the place of meat._ The world is facing a meat famine.

The famine was on the way before the war began but it has approached with tremendous speed this last year.