The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09


Farm and FiFeside-
"A acknowledgements to the lealtl
Of the farmer, an ogerpowering evil, j
connected with bis manner Of living
Far too many sell the best food ans
i keep the poorest for their own tables
I While the mechanic may use NOR,
i pastry than the farmer, il is probable
that the fare Of the farmer, on The
whole, is more unwholsome than that
Of the average, consisting more of the
heavier and grosser kinds, as pork, cab
bage, sausages, hams and the like.
Compared with beef, pork is very OBJ
\ jectionable, not only on aeeaunt Of its
indigestibility, bnt from us almost
uniform diseased condition. the liver
q the latest ones being generaIi.
liberated. This fact--vouched for
by the SWINE butchers sufficient to
condemn the carcass Of snch SWINE
Tho average time for the digestion Of
fat Pork-in aasfrong stomaeh-is five
hours and a quarter, or nearly the
whole time between our meals. allow
ing but little or no time for stomach
rest, willie that organ needs rest as
much as the arms
The use Of pork is prominent
cause Of scrofula, glandular derange
ments, consumption, ricketts, and 3
fearful frain of evils connected with
the triebine, now known to be very
abundant, even among the country
swine, particularly those kept IN eel
lars, under stables, slaughter-houses
and the like.
Here remark that bread--honest
bread, that made Of the whole pro-
ducts of the grains, the rasping hnli
excepted---and beef are the two good
representatives of nourishment for the
farmer. Beef contains nearly twice
the sirength-imparting nourishment of
pork, while it digests in about half the
time, thus saving vital forcO-the extra
labor of the health of the eater.
Again, the farmer eats too hastily, !
and, therefore, too heartily, and under !
unfavorable circumstances. These err
rors Will account for much of the de-
engagements of the liver and bowels
That digestion may be as perfect as
possible, it is desirable to so arrange
the work as to allow little compare
tive rest just before and after each |
meal--not absolute rest, but lighter
work On the contrary, in hay |
time the farmer rushes to his meals |
almost crushed by his tolls, fatigued /
and overheated, even worse, takes
his meal in the shortest time
forcing the food down with drinks
and then hastcus back as rapidly, !
TO save time, but loses far more in
the future than he gains at the pres
eut. His immediate hard labor sadly /
iuterferes with the digestive process,
of course robbing him Of part of /
the nonFishment of his food. This /
indigestion naturally leads TO dyspep-
STA, while the partly digested food,
passing into the bowels 10 an UMPIRE
pared state, CORRESPONDENCE deranges
the bowels, often producing dysentery
and the like. All Of this naturally
and necessarily deranges the liver, pro
ducing torpidity, then torpidity Of the
The circum-
stances connected with these tolls, SO
near the meal time, are sc calculated
to derange digestion as not TO warrant
the use of such indigestible foods. 1t
is not surprising, therefore, that so /
many of this class feel compelled to
use pills and powders, patronizing all /
of the dealers in t'patent" nostrums.
1t is as needfnl to have the saliva of /
the mouth mixed with the food, by |
chewing, as it is 10 have our
food cooked. This is particularly /
true of starchy foods more than of |
meats, and hence the daily supply of |
from three to six and a half pounds
that the mouth and the stomach may /
prepare it forthe bowels, and that good |
blood may be made from tito nonrish
the body. Very much depends on
what is sometimes called mouth di-
gestion," without which all of the after
labor is not only increased, but is nee
essarily imperfect. With human be-
inge and such animals as ''ehew the
eudn--like the patient OK. setting us
a good example-if the first steps are /
omitted, good blood, which is "the
life" is impossible.