The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-12
Gagged AND FED ON CHEESE
GOVERN WENT RE an TO mr.
FEND THE 10 EISH n iBBIT.
Soinntrrr sIb Bccis n1~r,i Z 70 ami Fed On
Brrad and Cheese of al klnal> for .
Year and snr cred NJ 90 Effects >ow
They Are 10 Br FED nn n Goakrd.


defence "t ,h. Welsh rabbi, Having
proved hv extensive experiments with
IN. respiration calor,me'er "A double
walled. heatproof room connected with
electrical instruments of wonderful pre-
cisinn that raw cheese is easily digestsd
the Department will begin work III the
near future 20 prove thar 'hk Welsh rab-
b,r, the victim nf lat. hours and ancIen;
superstition IL grossly magnad and
ms understood
Al the conclusion nf the experiments
Secretary Wilson will I~.u" a bulletin
explaining how "a prepare Welsh rabbit
according =" ~" official Government
, formula with he"r ~ without He and
his experts are coniiden' the Information
VIII b. received with Joy 10y the country.
Tn. department Of Agriculture has con
ducrai many strange tests with its poison
+, squad and other volunteer sub iects. but
even IT, own cNyer'- admit that jher.
never has been ANYTHING unite So remark
+ able or Cumpl"i" ~ ia. hae-e and Welsh
rabbit experiment, IN" cheese tests
have been going on for wear bat rho
experts haN" kept the secret we'll. II
! has inst become known now that the Off
} cial Welsh rabbit report IL in preparation
! that volunteer sub 'ec's nave been boxed
m and fed IN Chess. for days at time,
! aud that an" -uh CO. lived practically
uu bread and cheese for "a year ami -rIf-
cred ne III elects Moreover tn. tS-
! p.rts are convinced although IA. actual
| experiments with cooked cheese are only
about :" begin that shat has been
| proved true of Ia. raw product j. equally
! true ~ lac rabbit
m" D-par, ment official ch~es" cook
book experimenting IN" meat cook book
Issued SONS" Tim" Igu. viii contain dozens
uT r"rip"s fpr ch.s"s" dishes But a lead
! ing chapter IN The hook Will Ina d-vo 'ed
=" r"Cir-- for making and the reasons
I lor eating Welsh rabbit
NJ such amount Of information con
earning Ch,.s.s. aud lie effect pn n" human
-vs'"n "nuh hay" boon collected the
experts say. had it not h"s.n for III. won
CI-rful respiration "aloTIneter built al
, the depar' Inenr and the only on" Of lis
kind III the world IniIt Yesterday no
n.w spap-r man was permitted "a glimpse
/ " " No word OF the nature II IN. eN-
periin"nts had been permit ted Ia become
known. bat now that tn" tests ar" near
Ing completion aud haV" bean I'M
usually successful IN every detail S.cre-
'ary Wilson and his assistants court pub
iicitv
The respiration cslorimsi"r il a cham
beer within u chamber. a room big enough
D., con ain chair "a cot and a small table
Enclosed ~ another room. With an air
~.
ike the. apparatus used hv Prof Atwater
IN determining IN" Nahie "i alcohol a.
a food and an energy producer. hut ha~
many ne~ and wonderful improvements
shat tn" original Arwat-r apparatus
and oih.r~ built along tn. sam" lines
Ind not poss.s-
80 delcats - 'ni- CalOrlm-tsr thar
"A subject enclosed therein for the ptIr
pose "f experiment cannot =" nu"'i a.
wigsl- his bag toe. move has fingers ~
firx . muscl. without the electrical appa- |
ratuS registering ~" "np-ndi'ur" -
energy involved IN the movement The !
onIv way scientists hAv. 81 determining /.
th.. drg-stib,liiv II foods - through the
minute gTadatInn- IA temporarily" pro !
duC,-d by IN. process nf assimilation. /
That II how the experts 81 the Depart
Tnenf nave 'ilfl 'b'F-'' w ,
all kinds ~ good Tor Young and old
While the experts have MI conducted |
any experiment, with Welsh rabbits /
"a vet. they ar. confident that II q sub |
I.cy consumes oh. ~hi" ~ the apparai IA
there. w II h. no sufficiently violent demon
.tratlon TO wreck tn. d-licat" m"chan- !
ism Miss Hunt the Department ex- /
pert cook. will prepare IN. rabbit and /
49, a, h..t.. IN ka
cal,rlm.ter Tn. subject must eat u .
In. heat proof room has glass door ,
through which the experts can watch
everything that is going on within
Will. volunteers for the poison squad
which DIR Wiley. chief IL the Bureau
or Chemistry conducted some years
ago were numerous, Tho cslorimefer IL
not So popular Once IN IN" chamber
tn. sub iect cannot NOV. without violent
demonstration On half a dozen diaIs
and tube. that hang in PLAIN sight. II
he 40 much 40 gets up. steps across the
room and -r'- down again. wheels turn.
hands vibrat.. mercury jumps mp and
down. spirit thermometer. remons:rs:A
with him h-ll- ring and half a dozen other
ant omatic devices perform strange and
,Inaccuston.d f-at-.
He lrnagina- he has done something
wrong And h." has Every voluntary
suhiec, placed in the calorimet.r ia in
.trrici.d not to make a single unnecessary
movement
In his annual report SECRETARY Of Ag-
ricrIltlr. Wilson briefly calls attention
to ,h. cheese teats He -,ys.
The respiration calorim"ter. which
has been installed in IN. new dapa rtm-ni
building and il being uGed in the study
Of the relative ease Of digestion Of cheese
IN comparison with meat and other inn
por-ant questions. has many new fes-
lures which make for accuracy and ease
OF operation II has already le"n lea rned
that cheese is diGe~ied very thoroughly
hy the average diviCnal and that 1t IN
not a common ca'ls. of archaeological dis
rurbancs. a. il often claimed SUCH .
conc hI-iOn iS Of great importance. since
u has bcen the American Gust om hitherto
to regard ch..es" ~ something To be
eaten IN small quantities for Us agrr-ahI.
ia yOr rather than u material suited 10
farm ~ intaurnt r.arf az % ,r,s.s.l In round