Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-27
ALFALFA AS HUMAN FOOD
Nebraska Students Show Wheat
Is Not a Table Necessity.
Ground Meal Almost as Fine ms Whc nj
Flour-Mnkrs Delicious Pastry and
bread and Il the Coming Food,
the Users shy.


man can live on hay. enjoy the best Of
health, do his daily work and live at a
, nominal expense, says an omaha, Neb..
| special to the New York World.
Creighton University is one of the
foremost catholic schools in the coun-
try. 1t is broad gauge aud Willie it is
under the direction of the church. a
majority OF the student body is COM
posed of men of other religious beliefs.
In the university are clubs galore, and
among them is one known as the AL
falfa Hay CLUB. from the name it
might be inferred that the members of
the club arc agriculturists. and that
they devote much of their attention to
| the growing of alfalfa. But such is NOT
the case.
! Members of the Creighton Alfalfa club
number twentythree. and one of the
purposes of the organization is to dem
onstratc that alfalfa is human food, is
we'll food for animals.
DON'T BROWSE FOR IT.
The Creighton young men have not
reached the point whore they go out
| into the pastures and browse around the
! hedges and fence corners picking up
the choicest and tcnderest bits of
alfalfa. The alfalfa that they use comes
from the mill, where it has been care
| fully selected. care having been taken
to remove all the foul seeds and for
egn substances This having been done
/ tho bright and tender leaves aud n small
portion Of the upper parts OF the stalks
are ground together. Tuen they are run
through boiling machine that turns
out a meal almost as line as flour and
having a rich brown color Then the
order of Secretary Wilson is ignored md
the meal is bleached until 1t has n
creamy color. This having been done,
It is ready TO go T." the culinary depart
ment of the college club There it is
cooked into a large number of very pal
ataple articles of food.
There are alfalfa gems and they are
so tender and rich when properly cooked
that they almost melt in the mou, n.
The most delicate mullins cannot com
pare with them, and. besides they are
more appetiaing. so much so that when
eaten with butter AMI syrup there is
danger of overcating. They are Eight.
paa,ablc and easily d!9cstible Experts
who have studied their value rs food
say that man can make a meal on
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