Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-22

this case ss in any other. Therefore
It will he a.llv se.n that those nush>
rooms tina, grow IN the fields, nour.
'sh-d hy pure air ~ d pure water, are
the cn-s 10 be souKh, first, and not
till these are exhausted should We
have recourse even to the cultivated
on-s. unless they are grown under thu.
influence Of the same health-Rivinx
CONDITIONS
In France, Germany and Itsl,
musir' oms nI- ore 1T the staple sru-
Giles # food. aud in sections If those
count les this vegetable often cons,,>
tut the only food ct tue peasants tor
three NJ Il four weeks vt n time. The
peasants s'ound NJ. e" tr'R. Bavaria.
eat H.. IN law. A professor TO test
the sustaining power It the mush
rom. went among the peasants of
this l. csIit,, aud for se.e ral weeks
ate ""thinx tn, raw mushrooms. At
the end oi that tine h- had aetna "
/ gained in ". ixht. In lnd,a they are
N common dish. Among the anc,-nts,
the Greeks and Romans. they were
regarded xs u t"d Fl, f,r the table OF
n king. In Italy TO day they are
called "manna If the poor" In tn.
mark Is Of the towns AID cities tn. \
s. II f." sw"-,hIris the p,,c- IT beef.
steak. The p. asa",s not onlv US.
them IN Large qu.ntti.s, but tn,
comprise the great stuck il t AIDE Ut
thousands OF people in ever, province.
So great Is the business and the
t'athc that has grown from il. that the
lta'i.n govern mr,t tor many yeats
laid u tax on all quantities If more
than 'a" pounds. and appointed an
Inspector t. SUPP r'ntend the sale of
these edihl $, th~t nc one might h-
po,s",.eh ,hroulh the mistake at The
"nes that "a, her-d the fom,. Besides
being sid fresh they are pickle and
dried tor future use. 1t was formerly
he custom III Rome Cor the inspec o,
t" Car. fnli, select, vt the make
place ~ll the ola aud doubtful m,,>h
rooms an send them und.r guard t.
the river Tiher, i, to which they were
thrown. Ills work OF the inspa' t, r
was valuable one. and might b.. n
good IDEA f"r any community tina, is D.,
or NAV b-come n great consumer of
the vegetables, as not only are the old
"ns not good for food, hut with the
best OF intention it is possible thns
som" un,ophi>tcx,ed fungus gather-r
, night pick some "ne of the poison Gus
varieties res. mhl'ng the edible ones
vi c"u's' III the case of the cultivated
varieties this would not he prohahle.
as poisonous va',ety never become.
edible u"der any XII d Of cultivation
S and on the othr, hand. AN edible kline
: "ever bee. mes poisonous So All tina,
the cu|tiva,or has t. do t., insure ,
good mushroom Is t" get good va,
etv at the start, and keep tina, variety
q tie snej of poisoning much
, care need he +xerri,-d ut the start
) Clnudins Caesar WA. poisoned in thi
!, wav, hut It is not certain whether III.
, po's"n came fran the mushrooms o
was mixed with them. Which-v-,
! VAS the case the p"is' ming WAS in,en
E 'ional N the part Of his enemies, an,
3 bears no tar, in the question Of eating
edible tub r; the potato WAS once
poisonous plant ard wns brought :,
. it, present perfection through selec
III n and cultivation, till now no ore i
3 fearful OF being ~ ison. d nv it. Tn,
, gov. rnmrnt of the Unit. d States hx
done good work in compiling ~,
sending out n descript'o" If edihl'
and poisonous fungi, with colnrct
; rla'es to hello IN determining he goo
from the bad. New rthel.s>. "
would advise our readers no, to t rs
To literal or pictorial desert, tinns
thev are going to vat' -r fu ri. hu
= q their instructions from some on
T. that has ! ad practical experience.