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Show lliallli or l Ik- Itural I'upiilalloii. BerinoIMwaM Todd Is pirl.ni un-consLioiuly un-consLioiuly dniwing something of a caricature In Ida skttcliin Tho Herald of Health of tho food on whlck too many farm ieo;lo habitually sustain body and braiua. If his atoryls true, lioneirr, It will go far tovxplain why tho fanuer lias np;iearcd fur ) cars to be tho under lo' In tho light. A nun who llicson half lukcil buckwheat cakis, Jutted with lump of cold whit, bntb r, could ueer under any circumstances livcomo un iipii.r ih g. Sitci.o llnnrd hlls us that lie and his wlfoonco went, after rci?atc.lsulLi. t.il Ion. to Nli.lt n fnnm r't family lu mid winter. After a long, cold rldo they reached tho faruu r s homo at 10 o'clock. Tin y wiro n'reody hungry, but sinio It wus midwinter tho family had only two mcubi a day, which brought tho next meal at 3 lu tho afternoon. When It cnino nil that it cotiHstcd of w its bm.1. whint t.ikiT,, half bukcil, Iho Hour of which had brill mlinl with cider. Tho cakes wcro eaten with n raw kind of luulitMci, and tho only drink was "a weuk beicrugoof scorched rio." Tho iuullrittial itul thiamin! victories of tho world aro nut gilncd on that kind of did. Mr. Todd bcllcirs that ill health nud curly death among thu mral Kiptil.ttlon nro canned oftcntinus Ihiougli 'iusartt-ciput 'iusartt-ciput and Imdly couLM fooil. A boy whom ho know at school eould nour harii nuythlug to sjiciik of Just Uuuo ho was sturicd, and his patents did not know It. It Is from inlstukcu notions of ci-onouiy tint this klud of diet prevails. Oiio)ouug lady, tho daughter of uwell lo Uo agriculturist, funfivsed that al-though al-though her futher hail cultliuted struw Urrlctt ecr since alio could remember sho had neir hud m inaiiy ns sho wanted to c it on a Mnglo occasion till sho v leltcd tho f .rally of Mr. Todd. At lie r homo they weru all sold, all thu eggs were sold and wliatcicr would brirc .lionet , and the family wcro compiled to lit o ou pork, homlii) undtkliniiillk, Ouo of tho first witilremt nts of suo-ccm suo-ccm In nny Held 1 to fml well, not (.liittoiitmily, but sulllcltittly, of the best rol ouo cin get, Tho nonriilt incut It ghes to tho bruin will show Iho lunner a Ik Iter way to get money Ihau by stnn Ing himself mid his fuinllj, hllll ono cannot lutp tlilukiiig Mr. Todd'a picture Is oi erdraw n. American farmers t;ciierully know enough to feed Ihelr fiiinlllea iciwcll us they do their llio stock. |