Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-09-22
Farm Product, Used at Home.

Those having home upon the farm
hardly rea ize the independence
Their position, be NO, rs they are. Mt
the fountain-hea with entire right To
select and eat from the best All the
apes in the orchard WI sell readily
when o Tered in the market; yet, when
members of the househo d want apples
to eat, perhaps there are not more than
three or four trees they will be content
to pick from. Who ever gets an entire
ly luscious peach, un ess he goes to a
particular row and selects sun .ripened
peaches of particular hue? The best
app es and peaches on the farm are
what they appear to be, for they can
not be alu tera'ed. Is is mi k, that most
who esOme and most gene ally appli-
cab attic o to all ages and conditions.
The milk on the farm excels that iur-
nished in the city as much rs the select
app q and peach excel the fruit from
the poorest fruit-bearing trees in the
orchard
Yet, under the influence of one OF
those preiudices. for which there is no
means OF accounting it is general y be-
Eeved that milk creates biIousneSs. No
error cou be greater than this. The
infant, living exclusively upon milk, is
more eXem t from &C umu at ons OF
bic than persons of any other c.ass or
age. We refer to the prejudice as be-
ing uneX lained yet, viii Q this is true.
we will give an exp anation which will,
perhaps, come nearer being correct
than any other. Some persons, besides
ca ing full meal OF meats, vegetab es
and .astry. will drink q pint or pint
and half OF rich milk. ewing this
only as q drink, VIII 10 it in
fact contains all the elements of
nutrition required for either young
or Odd. After such an extra tax
being put upon the stomach, il is no
won or that n drowsy feeling follows,
perhaps supplementel with hea iache.
an slig tly coated tongue; nor is il
surprising that this condition follows
the free use Of Iich' milk an CONNECTION
with hearty meal because the indi-
vidual using tin the manner name
gets an oversupply of muir ment, gives
the stomach an nm lue tax, and from
this cause may become bilious, as he
woul / from tax 'ng any nutritious foo
Co excess. Milk is supposed to be
abun ant ON ali farms-or at any rate
il should be-an1 is entirely suited foI
free use at eacn meal For those who
make their principal meal Mt noon, mi k,
with the various combinations usually
prof. with IL, forms n very suitable
article for use Mt night.
Farmers 30 not generally realize the
Advantages of beng ut the source o
supRly havirg access to articles use.
upon The table " lille in tleir best state
instea of after they have been shippe.
long distances an hel till the fresh
ness, which is a material element in
many things uset- upon the farm, i
gone. 1t may be true OF some large
farmers, enga ged in a special ne o
pro uction, tn It IL will not paw them Il
bother with the garden. with bees
poultry, and other of tie lesser thing
that - help out in the living arrange
ments upon the premises; this may b
in one sen>e true, but it is also fo'n L
be true that where these lesser thing
are not or wn upon the premises. then
no matter how { oughdul an desirou
the female ca OF the house NAV ba I,
have a VA iety upon her table. she will
n rule. fai' IN This. and the living viii
settle down upon a rOut ne OF brea :
meat and coffee-not by any means tn,
most enjoyable or Wholesome living. =.
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