The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-22
THE SURPLUS OF TH E STAFF OF LIFE

,uhar the venerab ble conductor started this game of teaching people how to Keep ,a.nts met r majority of queries sent m ny so md so 2"
 The young ones grew up and then the maJol ity of correspondents wanted to know "ha naa they should eat for what they thought "''N
 They married and multiplied, and the second generation took most of the joy out oi uIe game, at least for me, by importuning me ever lastingly to give 'em lists of things they snouia not eat for hypothetical ailments they discoV- cred in the magazines .,
 Without a subsidy from the farmers or even a luncheon engagement with the elevator Ihell of the country we have been carrying on m this column quiet campaign to induce more people to eat more wheat in the natural form or condition of the grain as U comes rom tms threshing machine. Not to indulge in wild speculatlon we estimate that up to now tnis Propaganda of ours has sold several bushels or pound to the farmer. Although health IS wealth we cannot place monetary estimate on tne benefits people have derived from eating thls wheat. ,, ... i've eat our own wheat for breakfast and oIten for supper Sometimes we toast 1t a pit peIorc grinding, to give the porridge nutty navor. ao make biscuits or bread we grind the grain me and add small portion of white flour Dougnt from the grocer We find wheat eaten in tnls way delicious and wholesome. we raised siX,y bushels of wheat on an acre, which IT soid m the regular market would bring $33.6O at o0 cents a bushel. Sixty bushels of wheat VIII make 12O packages of the average break1ast food eco pounds of wheat In Dushel) whlcA sells at ten cents a package, or in some stores three packages for q quarter A handsome pront for somebody
 cereal porridge, biscuits, fapjacks and bread except the small quantity of patent white flour our omen still add for making bread"
 The effect of friends sermon Is weak ened by the confession that little bleached flour Is still considered necessary in the making of bread But then, 1t Is something to find real farmer actually eating his home grown wheat and liking it. Most of 'em seem to think 1t IS not quite fit to eat unless it has pretty trade name and fancy label on the package.
 If the wheat you buy by the the bushel' a peck & or store, does not seem perfectly clean, wash It with repeated rinsings in tepid water.
 Eat some wheat every day, either raw ct is fine to chew) or cooked as you prefer entire or cracked or ground with your own coffee mill other grinder. Let 1t soak over night In water and cook 1t an hour, more or less. as you prefer, next morning.
 So long as the taste suits you, it is health ful matter how short time it has been cooked, even if it has not been cooked at all. Of course cracking or grinding and soaking in water makes the wheat cook more quickly.
 Wheat eaten in its natural state as 1t comes from the thresher contains all the virtues you can possibly get from whole wheat four bread, from wheat bran or from wheat germ.
 Eat the wheat nature provides 1t and you certain to obtain every advantage claimed by any wheat product exploiter for his particu-
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 The Water Is Fine
 Is bathing harmful during tine period? e. R.)
 Answer-According to our modern hygiene 1t Is not. Read Dr Moshers' Personal Hygiene for Women," published by Stanford University Press. Your public library probably has it.
 Habit and C0rns Gone
 My thanks for that remarkable booklet, "Thc Constipation Habit," which Is the biggest $1O worth of health and comfort I've ever bought for thin dime! 1 had depended regular nightly doses of piIysic for years. Thanks to your instruction I haven't taken 6 physic for more than two months. Incidentally, my mother sings her praises of that corn remedy for yours, which has freed her feet of corns that nOtf- ing else ever would remove. Mrs B. A. Al
 Ansewr-Any correspondent who has the constipation habit may obtain copy of the and in closing stamped envelope bearing his address and 10 cents (coin, not stamps). The corn remedy is q solution of 90 grains of sail. cylic acid in half m ounce of flexible c0llodon. Paint corn. wart callus with this each night for n week or longer.
 Exercise After Operation
 Sister had tumOP of Oyary removed, under spinal aDcstiiesia. She is afraid Of exercise and being overweight she attempts tO reduce by starvation diet alone. Would it be dangerous fOr hcr tO Hny exercise? tAirs D. H)
 Answor-As a rule patients should begin OK. ercisiDg within 4 month after aB operation. that h, ono where there is no drainage or other interference with quick healing Of the wound Too many surgeons are negligent about InsiruetIng patients about this. Too many operators don't know enough Co giye such ads vice.