The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-06-24
Agricultural.
What Artioles Of Food, are Best
Adapted to Warm Weatherl ,

hoeC, q the appetite demands, coL-
senfrated carbonaceous food, as has been
explained in the proceeding chapter, It
IL also true, as might be expected, end
a swe all know, that the appetite de-
mands in warm weather a very different
class Of articles of food and the reason
is obvious. III "a
Four ffths of our food being devoted
10 the production Of heat, we need four
times as much in cold weather as in
warm. If, therefore, We eat the same
articles in summer as in winter, and
only what our nature required, the
stomach and bowels would collapse into
one quarter OF their size, and could
not properly carry on their functions
Nature, therefore, pro Fides for warm
climates and the summers of cold, food
in which all elements are greatly dilut
cd, and in which the proportions of
carbonate are much smaller than those
provided for cold weather. This you
will see in the analysis of southern and
northern corn, in q very remarkable
degree. While the proportion of nCrth
ern corn is six OF the carbonates to one
of the nitrates. the proportions of these
OLluGlDlSG III bOuLnGl1 SOAn
equal. 1t would therefore require six
times the bulk Of southern corn as OF
northern to support the same degree of
heat and this disparity is still more
strikingly seer il we compare northern
corn with some Of our common vegeta-
bles. Cora contains seventy three per
Of oarbgnates, rurutps four per
cent, and cucumbers one per cent
Consequently .twould require eighteen
pounds of turnips, or seventy thr, Q
pounds Of cucumbers, to furnish as
much heat as northern corn meal
The comparative proportions of car
Donates and n~itrates in wheat and in
deed all the cereals that grow both IN
northern and southern climates, as well
IS those of all other natural
raj products of the soil, plainly declare
the will of God in regard to summer
and winter food, as also do our appetites
and tastes.
In the spring we lose u desire for
butter and buckwheats, and begin to
crave some acii fruits and green veg
etables. And yet how many thought
less Aousekeepers at the north 60
through nearly the same routine of cook
ing in summer as in winter, with just
about as much butter aud lard and fat
boef, and even pork, and fat gravy, and
-four buildings, with sauce; mo because
they like it as well, or think il is whole
some, but only because "their mothers
did so before them !" Aud 20 powerful
In this thouehtless and absured habil
In the Southern States, that it is said
that however plentiful may be the SUP
ply Of milk and cheese, and green veg
etables. fresh lean beef, and fruits, &c
q southern family always has ON the ia
BILE q smoked ham or a "side of pork
and their vegetables are cooked swim
ming in fat and to force an appetite
they use the most stimulating spices
and condiments. In short their foot
in the hottest weather is suitable onl,
for ~thescoldest northern winter wealth
-er. Is It strange that diseases prevail
We need, in summer or winter, wealth
.er whether using muscles or brains, o
neither, either, every day food contain
ring carbonatcs for the lungs, nitrate
for thetmuscles an I tissues, and phos-
pilates for the vital powers; but we nee
sthemins very different proportions, &C
.cording to the temperature in which W
live and our habits of life. These ele
sments are furnished at our hands, vary
ling i~n.proportions so as to.s..be adapte'
ITO the different temperatures and habits
and for animals that have instincts an
mot intellects to guide them, from tn
elephant to the smallest auimalcu!e
these different elements are so nike
and prepared, and the appetite so ad
1usted to them, that they always want
and always have, and always eat I'll
fright kind of food at the right time
and the rightGquantity. Z
But man, who has intellect, is ex'
pecteds to Understand the laws Of hi
being, and to. adapt his food to tn
wants of his nature, varying it accord
ing to circumstances. We are erea-
tures:of habit, and our systeRs hay'
wonderful power in adapting themselve
to circumstances; and therefore we d.
not all die, however thoughtlcssly VI
live, and however perseveringly contin
ae the wrong habits to which we hav
been accustomed and our appetite
falling in with our habits, the evils o
wrong living are perpetuated. Still
is true everywhere that the averag
amount of health and the average lengtl
of life are In exact. proportion to tn
care we take to live In accordance wit
tie laws of our being The statistic
show and our own observations con
firm.
But what a responsibility consider
ations place upon wives and mothers
who have, or ought to- have, the di.
rection Of these mattersl To them, i
providence, as in the word Of God, tn
Injunction emphatically is -"Kee
my commandments, for length of day.
end long life, and peace, shall t. ey ad
TO thee" and..to thy family. This impo'i
tant promise is fulfilled literally TO thos
who study to obey pbys;cal laws, how
over fgurative its fulfllment may b
in regard to moral law Ph7osoph
Of Eating.
CATTLE OR SHEEP.
II has been asked, which stock i
better for the land, cattle or sheep ? ]
does oct admit of an unqualified an
swer. When the farmers of this PAL
of New York alb at forty years ag'
entered largely on wool raising, they OF
served an improyemertin their pastures
which led them TO conclude that shee
were q better stock for land. But no'
most of these farmers, or their success
ors, have disposed of their sheep an