The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25

without change. and during that time the
ACE of man ranged from Z to 900 years.
Noah lived longer than Adam. The food
punished men, but it did not reform the
survivors, and God seeing that this was the
case, granted them mercy, Notwithstanding,
and said, II will not again curse the ground
for mans sake, although the Imagination OF
his heart is evil from his youth When
Adam sinned, part of his curse was thou
shalt eat the green herb" hitherto the
food of brutes) and now, after the flood,
was granted, or rather predicted, a new
usage in regard to food: las the green
herb, I have given you all Hings.' That
is. there is no sin in eating all manner OF
food, when it becomes necessary TO support
life.
But the laws of our creation are still in
force. and all disobedience to them is fol-
lowed by disease and early death.
Beef gives us Is lbs. of flesh forming
matter in every hundred lbs.-almonds, the
type of Edenic food, gives us "a lbs. Beef
gives US so lbs. of water, almonds gives
three lbs. of very pure water. Beef gives
US 80 lbs. Of Matchmaking matter; almonds
gives Us "a lbs. Generally butchers meat
contains from 30 to 80 per cent. of fat.
But this fat is thick, impure and indigest-
able, while the oil of nuts is purer, thinner,
dHN ISSoiSo Nhoh II ~ AA'NA
| oil which has lately become SO valuable a
| remedy in lung diseases. Filberts give US
G. per cent of oil; and all nuts are rich
both in protein and carbon. Apples are
greatly more nutritious than potatoes, con-
tanning ) per cent of flesh forming matter,
while potatoes contain something over l
per cent.
Our first parents were not forbidden to
eat of ''the trees of life' (the Hebrew word
is plural) but only Of the tree Of knowl-
edge of good and evil And in Deut.
food trees are called trees Of mans life
thus: ''for the tree Of the field is mans
life" co: 49, And in the sublime Wis
ions of both Ezekiel and St. John, We are
shown man restored TO his Edenic heritage
and living upon the trees of life. (Ez. Al,
Z: and Rev. %, b. In Revelations the
word is again made tree when it should
be trees
Sir Arthur Helps says thai the noblest
and most intellectual savages in the world
are the Araucarian Indians in South Ameri
ca. The Spaniards have never been able to
conquer them. And DR.. Pappig. the trav-
eller and botanist, informs the reading
world, probably in total ignorance of Sir
Arthur's statement) that these Indians sub
sist chiefly upon the nuts of a large ever
green tree, the drdncdria in~,Jricata. This
fruit is to them what grain is to us. They
attain great ages, and Sir Arthur states
that it is hard to tell which is the older,
the fat her, son, or grandson. If on of the
trees of life gives such wonderful results,
what may we not expect when all the trees
that are good for food" (Gen. 2. o. are
brought together, and cultivated judicious-
ly and carefully. The gardeners Of Edin-
burg, Scotland, produce under glass and
with stove heat, the most delicious fruits of
the tropics. At a great banquet given to
Queen Victoria, in London, bananas per-
fectly ripened in Conservatives in Edin-
burg, were sent as a present. An acre of
bananas, according to a Cyclopedia before
me, Twill produce 100, 900 lbs. of fruit
1873 times more than the same space plant
ed in wheat. 1t is, therefore, cheaper
food, even when raised under glass, than
wheat, because 1873 acres fenced and cult
waited, would cost more than the green
house covering one acre. And no Partisan
baker ever succeeded in making rolls SO
delicious, so nutritious, or so healthful as
Natures rolls of cooked bananas. The va
riety Of natural foods greatly surpasses the
artificial; think Of the different and deli
clous tlavors Of the following: almonds,
c~ocoanuts, pistachios, peacans, brazilnuts,
walnuts, c~hcsnuts, ballotas, peanuts, fiji.
berts, apples, pears, peaches, plums, cher
hes, strawberries, oranges. pincapples, and
best of all, where habitually used) bananas.
This is a mere beginning in the alphabet of
fruits; but try to enumeratc az great Il va.
riety in your daily marketing and see II
your will succeed. Prejudice and habit
only keep US in our present track. Only
give up cookery, and l believe the coming
race will attain the ages of the antedelu-
VANS. II. NJ. [.