Deseret Evening News | 1910-08-13 | Page 13 | Snail Farming

I SNAIL A FARMING Among the projects t of tin the deport depart department d ment nl of or In le I an Investigation Into Int edible snail small raising la sing HH HM Practised In all countries anti and the possibility of or Ito ItH introduction Into the United with commercial success The edible now nn on the III market of or thin country count where hen thing thoy lire are con becoming morn more o r are ILl lin Im ported l front from abroad d and It II Is there Iller lire era a number r of native lilt 11 CJ which would appeal to the th cur inri u quite ull us much as a those Iho e now no In vogue orue S Some Solna people remarked rf a scientist of or the th department are waking up U to the tilt fact ft Unit taut there thane Is 19 profit und and Inter eat cut t hi In the raising raining of ot edible snails Three These can n be bv Imported for the from and there tIre are a several lov ml delicious Id n of ot Mexican and South uth American now nets no on the market hon her h n inn n I that d ilm Haled Helix II most ot kinds of edible snails this Is U extremely X 11 prolific and Ind the only nl condition required for tar raising railing the dainty and beautiful little rrt Is la 11 a moderately r Ily warm wane and even tempera Irl ture such Huch u h a n as that of a n plant green house hou Tiie Jil Increasing popularity tY of lit the lito delicacy warrants th the l edible snail nall ell pro RIlon may ma be tK ro re an as a Industry In this thin country countr Occasionally sc Peed ed fd such uch as Is Ii given for tor food too l to 10 canary lIr 1 birds Is I planted In a corner canner of the th box bo and when wh halt half grown grow seems em according to 10 expert snail nall raisers Il a tempting appetizer to the dainty danly In III mates and nd gives Ihu a delicate flavor to 10 the Ih fp flesh h The Tho rolling surface of It periodical ly I 1 renewed Ine loam loum 11 should be b Interspersed ed with lh small oKI rough stones small broken 1 twIgs t 11 and other miscellaneous odd od bits bite Th The creatures evidently delight In crawling over Oer and T these To pre vent ent hue th snails from crawling up ur the sides of tho box and making makinI their es 18 escape escape cape aJ a wire screen rn Is le I recommended n dire Core It I seems hiss h to tB be he II given hn to I the tho and two inspections a day are Ir roa required t ired All or of Al scraps rJ s vegetable mitt mat ter ler left lef uneaten by b the he must mut tax b removed from the boxes It I Is la n 1 singular fact that tin th odor 01 1 of osing matter Is III fatal to snails nil Their proper er r food fo consists of dean clean tender fresh fh bits bile of or leaves leaven preferably tho those of the cauliflower er which they the eat al voraciously The earth cares mu t be he sprin kled once e In 24 hour with water to dampen n tho the surface Y 1 sun Sun