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


results Of recent experiments made by
him which knock out popular beliefs
and agc-old ideas concerning matters
within his range Of observation. Two
assertions he made to Star reporter
Will illustrate. Said Dr. Wiley:
Meats should never be eaten until
they have properly ripencd; that is to
lay, 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 cool place before going on
the table.
Lean hogs arc better than fat hogs,
and farmers before long will find more
profit in raising the former than the
latter. The fattcning Of pig in old
days and even now, was all that Il
farmer did with the animal to fit it for
market, but soon it will lie known
that lean meat is better than fat meat
for meat caters.
Here is a violent upsctting Of ancient
IDEAS. Fresh meat is the cry Of
.he housewife, and nowadays she
wants it straight from the slaughter
house. It's wrong, however. \ hen
s1uawks in the barnyard in the morn
ing and in the afternoon she $ in the
pot along with big white dumplings
stcwing for the evening meal Another
ereas.
DR.. Wiley knows he is right, be
cause he is conducting an invcstiga-
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. 1t has already covered one
year Of time, and he has only com
llctcd his researches into the life and
valuc of pig. Years to come will BE-
taken up by the inquiry into cattle,
sheep, fowl, game aud othcr food fur
nishcrs.
Nine lusty and lean pigs have so
Tar been martyrizcd for humanity's
sake. They were bred at tho agricul-
tural department station near Chicago.
Some were fed in order to keep them
lean but healthy, and others wore fat
tened up SO rs to rival their ncighbors
on near by farms, who were letting in
shape for the Christmastidc killing.
Indian corn, havin" SO much starch.
which is heat producer, anil there
fore fattcncr, is the chief food of
pigs to be rrcwn Of mammoth proper
tions. But to make pigs lean and yet
lastly, diet Of milk and oil cake, or
>will, made Of some cereal that Is not
full Of starch, is given.
These rorkcrs went into a Chicago
pork packing place, and, following the
usual process, cmcrrcd in few min
ntcs killed, cleaned and uuaricrcd,
ready for the Investigator. This part
If the operation did not differ from
that which falls to the lot of IL hog to
he eaten by Tom, Dick or Harry, and
not to furnish illustrations for human
ity. The total weight Of the hog hay
ing been aSrcrtaincd, then, in turn,
the weight of blood, brains, tongue,
jowls, intcStincs, hair. skin, feet and
every part Of the animal was recorded,
III order to determine the exact pro-
portion Of each Then the chemical
analysis of the parts was begun in this
city at the department labratory.
The fat hogs were found to have an
excess Of hcat-producing elements,
such as carbon. hydrogen and oxygen
The lean pigs possessed more Of the
nitrogencous compounds, whose cs-
pccial value is that they arc tissue
nourishcrs.
This Investigation said Mr..
Wiley, SIS the first systematic and
complete effort ever made in this di-
rcction. 1t has been pursued BY what
is practically new method because
we have worked with full knowledge
Of the history and growth Of The ami
mails. Thus we have been able to OBJ
tain better idea rs to the nutritiyc
values and chemical constituents. The
tests have been conducted under con
ditions embracing all modern progress
IN the science of analytical chemistry.
and the result gives more accurately
tnan any other the composition and
value of the different parts uf 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 take into consideration the
breeding, feeding and eating as we'll,