The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

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results Of recent experiments made by
him which knock out popular beliefs
and age-old ideas concerning matters
within his range Of observation. Two
assertions he made to Star reporter
will illustrate. Said DR.. Wiley:
s'Meats should never be eaten until
they have properly ripened; that is to
say, until they are about to decay.
They should be three weeks cid at
least before being cooked. A chicken
killed to-day ought to hang three
weeks in a cool place before going on
the table.
Lean hogs are better than fat hogs,
and farmers before long will find more
profit in raising the former than the
latter. The fattening Of a pig in old
days and even now, was all that
farmer did with the animal to fit it for
market, but soon it will be known
that lean meat is better ::hi.n fat meat
for meat eaters.
Here is violent upsetting Of ancient
ideas. 'Fresh meat is the cry Of
the housewife, and nowadays she
wants it straight from the slaughter
house. It's wrong, however. A hen
souawks in the barnyard in the morn
ing and in the afternoon she's in the
pot along with big white dumplings
stewing for the evening meal. Another
error.
Dr.. Wiley knows he is right, be-
cause he is conducting an iuvestiga-
tion into the whole question of the
dietic values of meat from all fowls
and animals, from the chicken to the
horse, that contribute to the life Of
mankind. It has already covered one
year Of time, and he has only COM
pleted his researches into the life and
value Of pig. Years to come will be
taken up by the inquiry into cattle,
sheep, fowl, game and other food fur
nishers.
Nine lasty and lean pigs have SO
far been martyrized for humanity's
sake. They were bred at the agricul-
tural department station near Chicago.
Some were fed in order to keep them
lean but healthy, and others were fat
tened up SO as to rival their neighbors
81 near by farms, who we're getting in
shape for the Christmastide killing
Indian corn, having SO much starch,
which is g heat producer, and there
fore fattener, is the chief food of
pigs to be grown Of mammoth proper
tions. But to make pigs lean and yet
Lastly, diet Of milk and oil cake, or
swill, made Of some cereal that is not
full Of starch, is given.
These porkers went into a Chicago
pork packing place: and, following the
usual process, emerged in a few min
utes killed, cleaned and quartered,
ready for the investigator. This part
Of the operation did not differ from
thar which falls to the lot Of hog to
be eaten by Tom, Dick or Harry, and
not to furnish illustrations for human
ity. The total weight Of the hog hav-
ing been ascertained, then, in turn,
the weight of blood, brains, tongue,
jowls, intestincs, hair; skin, feet and
every part Of the animal was recorded,
in order to determine the exact pro-
portion Of each. Then the chemical
analysis Of the parts was begun in this
city at the departments labratory.
The fat hogs were found to have an
excess Of heat-producing elements,
such as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
The lean pigs possessed more Of the
nitrogeneous compounds, whose es-
pecial value is that they are tissue
nourishers.
ssThis investigation, said Mr..
Wiley, is the first systematic and
complete effort ever made in this d.
rect:on. 1t has been pursued by what
IS practically new method because
ne have worked with full knowledge
Of the history and growth Of the ami
mails. Thus we have been able to OBJ
tain better idea as to the nutritive
values and chemical constituents. The
tests have been conducted under con-
ditiors embracing all modern progress
in the science Of analytical chemistry.
and the result gives more accurately
than any other the composition and
value Of the different parts of the ami
NAL. An example is that We have
found nitrogen has been recognized.
Of course, the three great chemical
divisions remain the same, but in this
inquiry we takeinto consideration the
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