Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-03-07
agricultural.
rood for Farmers.

The digestive apparatus Of man is such
aS enables him 20 consume q great variety
o. substances as food, and TO continue in
condition oc Ve,itc, health, it Is des;r-
able 10 no, absolutely necessary that he
should paEtake Of a considerable variety,
always being careful that there Is nothing
injurious taken into he stomach.
\ persistent Use Of any one article of
diet 20 ,hc exclusion Of almost all Others.
70 matter how eNcc..er; e food that arti-
Gle MAJ he. ], no, calculated 10 preserve
the tes; health and the greater the
variety Of diet, provided all the subs,au-
eos eaten ,ro good, healthy foods, the
better the hoal,h.-o,her things being
equal.
One cause Of the prevalence Of indi-
ges,ion and Kindred ailments among farm-
crs, Is the neglect on their part 10 par
take OF a sufficiently varied diet. Pork.
potatoes and bread form the bulk of the
meals OF farmers at all times and seasons :
but while each Of these has a useful place
on the u.s.; OF foods, neither i so well
adapted 10 supply the needs Of the system
as 10 be suitable for q prominent position
among cur articles Of diet. White bread
and potatoes both ccntaiu too much starch
and too 'i;tlc of the bone and muscle pro-
dncins elements 10 be depended upon for
the bulk OF our food. while pork is too
hea,iu. 10 be 40 a., suitable for food in
sumner. aud should not be used to the
exclusion Of other meat during cold
weather. Thousands Of people 10 live
upon such food and enjoy a fair measure
Of health, but they are not as well as they
would be if the food they ate were more
carefully chosen with reference to It's ap-
Tropriarcrc>> for supplying the necessary
elements for building up the system
Starch. m proper Quantities. produces fat
IN excess, It clogs the digestive apparatus,
producing dyspepsia aid similar Affections.
Carbon, which j. largely present in fat
YorS, ;, OF use in the ANNA. economy
only n producing heat When eaten
too freely, 1t clogs the digestive apparatus
AID produces biliousnc>s and other derang-
men's Of the digestive organs.
We ail know these facts. but most of
US are too indoIeat TO take the trouble
necessary 90 supply our families with more
suitable diet. Some Of Us DO not know
exactly how TO produce better variety
OF food while we live far from markets.
There is one thing which We all can DO
however, with little trouble 10 improve our
tables, and that Is 20 substitute Graham,
or whole wheat flour, for white -four to as
large an extent rs possible, and TO eat
cracked wheat and cat meal occasionally.
These foods cone nearer 10 supplying all
the clements which the blood requires than
any others, and there Is nothing injurious
in them II you cannot obtain good Ora
ham -four from your miller, which Is quite
likely. you can procure the best article of
the kind ever made, called Cold All
Attri,i0n Flour, from the Health Food Co.
49, Fast sth It. y Y. Cracked wheat
and o4t meal can be produced from any
god miller il you furnish a good quality
Of grain to him Every farmer can sup
ply himself with a fine variety Of yegeta-
bles for use during the entire year by a.
tention to his garden and root cellar and
the only difficulty is IN regard to meat. 1t
Is better 10 eat less meat rather than eat
too much pork, but with a large lot of
poultry, sn occasional sheep aud 4 beef
once or twice year, part Of which can
be sailed, no great difficulty need be ex.
Perienerd IN supplying a proper variety Of
meat for the table.