Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
How War
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of onions She will appreciate our humble vege
candy The shortage in England has
been acute for months at a charity party in
a basket containing dozen large onions tied with
a bright ribbon, auctioned off for $50
Europeans the first to bewal their onion-less
plight Israees, wandering in the wilderness COM
planned bitterly to Moses because they had
Americans well billion pounds year,
$17O00000 TO growers not counting the onions
first cousins-garc leeks shallots. and chives While
pungen flavor creates universal demand for them
today, real food value is not generally known
Onions are excellent of Vamn c. This
vamn provides resistance TO infections is beneficial in
treating blood prevents the formation of ulcers
makes minerals available TO the body and combats GER
types of chronic arthritis.
Lack of vitamin brings general tiredness
inadequate energy, bleeding gums joint pains swollen
limbs and hemorrhages complete lack of Vitamin
c inevitably causes scurvy
The vltamin content quckcooked onions is higher
than that of raw ones not yet been dis
covered theory that cooking softens
the bers and thereby yitamin 1t is best
therefore, to use onions soup for therapeutic
purposes individuals recovering from illnesses
Onions rich in sulphur and sodium, and they also
small amounts of Vitamns B1 and G. AS they
high roughage they should not be eaten on
soft diets Anyone who is unable to digest sulphur com
pounds should mature onions cooked young
raw these contain less sulphur Being low in
caloric content onions excellent for reducing
Extensive experiments have shown the value of green
onions in preventing pelagra- Onions supplemented a
diet which believed TO be complete except for
deficiency preventive factor When onions
were omitted this diet inevitably led to pellagra.
Garlic. a relative of the onion was utilized as
medicine around that date United States
Dispensatory recommendation said The oil of garlic may
given with great advantage in obstinate bronchitis and
in pneumonia of young children The bruised
garlic cloves often used as poutces to the lungs and
similar applications formerly used to the feet for
nervous restessness commissions of young chill
dren Further it has valuable properties as gernicide
dsnfectant ulcers, remedy for pneumonia and
tuberculosis all bronchial infections"
Pliny the ancient Roman scholar and author ascribed
10 remedies garlic 81 Nero used to eat
onions every month improve his voice Shusuta,
early Hindu writer recommended the improving
he Noice ntplle and X
of fractured bones, in short said he lit is helpful
curing nearly all hss that flesh heir to- In Ireland
taken with whisky for colds and bronchitis
Sixteen hundred talents Hebrew weight equal to
1857 pounds avordupos) of onions consumed
by employed in building the pyramid of Cheops
Among the ancient Egyptians, onions worshped
Modern Egyptians assign them place in their paradise
The belief that this vegetable protects humans and
animals against infections is not recent discovery In the
Ages, the hands anointed with onion juice
prevent contagion in those exposed to infection.
An ancient medical pamphlet advises Lay a piece OF
onion the site of wasp sting that of any poisonous
insect and it win aay the pain like application TO the
Of the neck viii stop bleed In certain parts
the Dutch West Indies is customary disinfect sick
rooms by cutting large onions into slices and srewng them
about the Every other day these swept up and
burned and fresh set out
The Chinese have learned the nutritional Of
for 10 rice other vegetable is widely used
In America different varieties of restricted
20 different areas partly because they refuse to produce
bulbs except with definite length daylight
group may need short day OF II hours another 13hour
day, and stin another 1914 hours.
Until recently there little attempt control the
blghts of principally pink root, smut, mildew,
smudge neckrot. yellow dwarf hrips and boiling pre
mature seeding)but today for example Japanese onion
which has great resistance TO diseases insects and adverse
conditions but little
breeding transferring these qualities to American types
celophane bag containing special flies effectng
complete self polnaon Of onion plant, is tied
flowers AS they feed the nectar the flies carry
pollen from flower 10 flower exchanging the quail
tiles variety another.
Bureau Of Plant Industry Of the States
parment Of Agriculture is developing varieties of
resistant TO diseases insects adaptable
wider range of climatic conditions