The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-05
Somerset County Agricultural News

Persuade yourself to satisfy your
craving for sweets as largely as pos
sible with natural sweets, raisins,
prunes, dates, figs, sweet apples. sweet
oranges, pears, bananas, honey.
You'will note that honey is classed
with the safe and natural sweetsl by
Mr.. Conforth, and not only does it
carry considerable quaint e val
liable mineral salts. but is fsa val
liable because of being pr & ted
and ready for immedi q simila-
ton. 1t is the nectar of flowers di-
gested by the bees. II Is not only
natural sugar or sweet. but is |
believe the most economical one we
have from the standpoint of health.
1t is considered entirely safe by our
highest authorities and does not en-
danger the lime content of our bo-
dies. like cane sugar il also has
features of economy. In food value.
eight ounces of honey is said to equal
one pound of beef steak. To use
in place of sauce. preserves. or as
a spread for bread. as a bright clerk
of one of our grocers recently stated
when he wanted q can of sauce 1t cost
almost as much as pint jar of honey
and would not go half as far. And
believe if it was consistently and con-
stantly placed before children and the
youth of our land it would quite eff
fectually overcome the confectionery
and candy habit. AS we find if peo-
pie have a constant supply of honey
they care very little for candy. DR..
+. V. McCollum who is i believe, our
greatest authority on nutrition, states
that the most common mistake peo-
pie are making today is in the selec-
ton of their foods. He also states
that cereal products, such as wheat
-four, corn meal, rice, and oats; le-
gume seeds, such as peas and beans;
tubers such as the potato: fleshy roots
such as the sweet potato, radish, tur-
min, and beet, together with muscle
cuts of meat from which we are Sc
lecting the larger part of our diet,
that even a dozen of these things
taken together, or any amount or var
iety of foods taken from this list will
not make satisfactory diet. He
/ advises adding a quart of milk for the
adult as well as the youth, with sal
ads made Of green vegetables and
fruits, also greens or pot-hefbs as
he calls them. And he suggests if
we would not lose our souls. and II
we would save our race we should
correct our faults in this line.
"If it was merely our health we
might lightly pass these matters by,
but you will note the inference that
| these matters of i'll health may be
| \ fundamental cause of our moral
and social maladies as well as crime.
| II from one of our greatest authori-
ties, DR.. J. H. Kellogg, and you Will
! also note the suggestion of DR.. f. V.
McColum, equally distinguished as an
authority, if we would not lose our
souls and if we would save our race,
we should correct our dietic sins. He
cannot believe much different from
what DR.. Kellogg expresses, since he
/ implies to US such a. responsibility.
1 And | believe a better understanding
/ of these things might point to so
I luton of some of our moral and so
! cieI evils as we'll as crime. We
might, then, understand how Henry
/ Ford can take conyicts and make val
/ ued employees of them and perhaps
useful citizens. by looking after their
! home life. For it must be possible
for a condition of self poisoning or
auto-intoXication from within to in
fuence ones actions to some extent,
and in some way, as poison from a
bootlegger's shop might, and think
most Of Won know of individual cases
among your acquaintance who are
troubled with some bilious condition
or stomach trouble whose actions and
disposition are very much influenced
in this way. And even some saints,
for think it was Ex-Governor Hoard
who said that ecclesiastical meaness
was the worst OF all meaness. And
I think you all know of the indict-
ment of the youth of the present day,
by some of our moral people. Our
greatest increase in crime seems TO
be among a class We might call the
youth of our land. Is the RESPONSE
bility wholly theirs, or does 1t rest
equally as we'll on every thinking
man and woman?
"Dr. McCallum mentions talking
with large number of prominent
dentists throughout the country, after
they have had an opportunity for
sufficient number of years to observe
the effects of mouth hygiene and the
filling of cavities, on the preservation
of the teeth and that they are ready
to admit that this line of effort does
not promise any relief from an in
tolerable situation Are we not fast
approaching, If we have not already
reached it, a similar situation as re-
CARDS our moral and criminal ten
denotes, and can we ever expect to
overcome our troubles with our pres
ent methods; or must we look for
saner methods and possibly some
fundamental cause which If removed
would lessen our troubles of the pres
ent time.
"To aid us to a better knowledge of
the present situation we might check
up on some of the tendencies of our
times in regard to health. DR.. Kell-
ogg states that the mortality from
chronic disease has doubled in thirty
years and that we are losing 100000