The Placer herald., 1873-02-22
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CtSc. DO!uctHHSS, IL pau Cuiti h'4iu VI i'NN'
is called wholesome because it produces Il
beneficial effect Of particular character on
the system of an individual In this case,
however, it is to be considered as med cine,
and can be called wholesome only for those
whose systems are in the same condition.
Very often a simple aliment is made indi-
gesiblc by artificial cookery. Ailments
abounding in fit are unwholesome, because
fat resists the action of the gastric juice. ! he
addition of two much spice makes many an
innocent aiiment injurious, because spices re-
sists the action of the digestive organs, aud
produce an irritation of particular parts Of he
system
In any given case, the diges i've powe of
the individual is to be considered, in orc to
determ ne whether particular aliment is
wholesome or 40. In general, we can only
say, that aliment is healthy which is easily
soluble, and is suited to the power Of diges-
ton Of the individual; aud il ord-r to render
the aliment perfect, the nutritious parts must
be mixed up with certain quantity OF inno-
cent substance alfording no nourishment, 10
fill the stomach; because there is no doubt
many persons injurc their health by taking
too much nutritious food. In this case, tie
nutritious parts, which cannot be disSol, ed,
act precisely like food, which is, in itself, in
dlges .ibe.
1t is a very mistaken idea that the nour-
ishment in food is according to the quantity;
ii person may eat great deal OF some arli-
ces, and receive very little uouri+hmelt from
them. The quantity Of noulshmeut depends
greatly on the aromatic flavor contained il
food, whatever is inspid to the taste is of
little service to the stonAch. Now, the d.f-
ference between good cookery and bad cook
cry lies principally in the development Of the
flavor OF our food; articles properly cooked
yield the whole Of it; by good cookery we
make the most Of eyerythng-by bd COOK
cry. the least. Ra'M Home.
DIFFERENT DneGps OF Fowls - The
amount Of food consumed 10y diff rent breeds
Of fowls, and the relative quantity OF egg
which they lay has been bat Little eXl efi-
mencd ON. SNll there is no doubt but thal
there is as much difference in poultry in th.s
respect as the farm auimds. FteI and
Factory contains an article on poultry raising
in which we find the results Of feeding se>
erAl different breeds, the experiment having
Dcen instituted llllS Ncar:
Ten pullets each, of five breeds each within
week of being six months old, were placed
in yards forty feet square, with comforlabl
houses. For the next six months an account
was kept Of their food, and eggs produced,
with the following results:
The Dark Brahmas ate 379l quarts OF
corn, oats and wheat screenings, l,id G05
eggs, and weighed 70 pounds feel cost
$5.77; eggs sold for 1868; profit, $4.3l
The Buff Cochins ATE 406 quarts, laid 59l
eggs, and we shed 70 pounds; feed $G.34;
eggs S9.35; profit SOL. The Gray Dor
kins 300 quarts, laid 42l eggs and weighed
50a pounds; feed, 81 81; eggs, $S.73;proGL
1886. The Houdans ate PA quarts, laid
1888 eggs and weighed 45f pounds; feed,
S3.35; eggs, Sl3.05; proht, $9.70 The
Leshorns ate 23l quarts, laid S07 egg
and weighed 364 pounds; feed, SO. 81; eggs,
Sl3.55; profit, 9.S3.
The reader can easily figure up for himself
the relative value OF the different breeds il
this case from the results obtained .-Rur0
Press.
The LANGUEDoo ALMOND This fruit
with The wide world for market, and worlI
as much to-day as twenty or forty years ago,
and a demand increasing faster than the sup
Ply, and fruit whose keeping quality is ex-
celled by none other, is among those that
should receive ihe first care OF fruit cullulists.
We have an advertisement in our columns
this week Of Briel's Languedoc Almond
trees, well worthy The careful attention OF
almond growers. ID.
SOUND IDEAS on FARMING - The following
views on farming We're thrown out by Mr..
Grl eley in bis speech at Baltimore, and they
so entirely cover the ground Of successful
culture that we give them place Tor tie
benefit Of our readers:
/. That The area under cultivation should
be within the limits OF the ctpit,l and labor
employed; or, in Other words, that on i'm
poverished soils no one shonid cultivate more
lana than he can enrch with manure aud
fertilizers, be it one acre or twenty.
=. HAT there should be Il law compelling
every man t, prevent his stock from delre-
dating on his nei h0or's fields.
). That green son is more economical than
loose pasturlgc.
a. A""I ucrp 'll'Sc Is essential 10 SooG
farming.
5. That the muck heap is the farmers
bank, and thai everything SHOULD be added
to it that viii en r6, It, and inc Sc a. the
same time Us ter'hilns properties
.. That no frmer q planter should de-
pend upon one staple alone, but shoull seek
70 secure himself against serious loss in bad
seasons by diversity OF products.
A~IRIsu POTATOES. The Irish people arc
the greatest potato e4ters in the word, aud
know all about cooking that fine esculenl.
We copy their mode OF boiling potatoes from
an Irish paper: ut the potatoes in poi
e or kettle without lid or cover, and with
-waieiJust sufficient 10 cover them. AfIcl
the water comes nearly to bo! pour it Off,
and replace 1t with cold w,tcr INTO which
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