The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25
WHAT vASSAR GIRLS EAT.


Quantities Of Vegetables, Milk, and Meat,
rs Well as Pickles and Caramel..
After the discussion OF the sanitary
condition Of Vassar College and the
grounds surrounding it, the next feat
ure, 30 far as the health OF the young
ladies is concerned, is the quality and
quantity of food consumed. Vassar
College has fine garden, from which
on abundant and perfectly fresh sup
ply Of vegetables is obtained. Lettuce,
spinach, and asparagus are very much
relished by the students, especially in
the early spring. To meet this natural
craving great quantities Of the first are
raised in hotbcds. Then follows
spinach, which, being sown in the fall,
natures with the first warm days OF
spring, and after that, in quick success
sion, comes asparagus, from beds COW
ering more than an acre Of ground, Ca
pable Of producing from seventy to one
hundred punches daily. Besides these,
sufficient quantities OF other vegetables
are raised from the acres OF garden,
snch as peas, potatoes, beets, carrots,
onions, parsnps, etc, to supply the
table the year round. Last year 1900
bushels of potatoes were raised
Milk 10 another article Of consump-
ton worthy Of notice, not only because
Of the care taken to have il pure and
good, but because II Is n staple article
on the table, and is furnished in such
abundance that 1t is literary as free rs
water. The quality is never below 10
per cent. cream, while sometimes it
runs as high as lS per cent. cream, Ms
ascertained by frequent careful tests.
The dairy, which contains forty to fifty
cows, is an interesting feature in itself,
and receives no little attention from
the large number of persons who visit
the college in the course Ct the year.
These cows are stabbed in neat and airy
stables, where they receive the best at
tention and treatment, even to being
curried daily like horses. They are
principally carefully selected grade
cows. The Holstein strain is being
gradually introduced, as it has been
found that their milk, though unusually
abundant in flow, is exceedingly rich in
yield. Some choice thoroughbred
Holsteins are already in the herd, and
they are well worth inspection.
Great care is taken in the selection
Of meats for the college, and none but
the best quality OF such cuts as are
used in our first-class hotels are ever
purchased, though mistakes sometimes
occur, as they now and then do in the
best regulated families. Every precau-
ton, however, is taken not only to buy
the best meats but to have them prop
erly cooked by furnishing improved
ranges, charcoal broilers, and steam
facilities, and employing experienced
men cooks, who, during summer vaca-
tons, find no difficulty in securing like
positions in large hotels at summer re-
sorts.
Bread is another important article Of
consumption. Vassar bread has always
been noted for its excellence. 1t is
made on the premises, in a well-ap-
pointed bakery,by experienced men, and
of the higher grades of flour. 1t can be
further stated as general fact that
none but the best grade Of goods and
materials are purchased for consump-
ton. 10 give an idea as to the quantity
annually consumed by such large
family, the following list of few of
the leading articles furnished Nassar
during the school year is appended:
Pounds