Show I SOLDIERS LIKED WAR BREAD British Fighting Men Found Their They Health Improved Through Use of Unbolted Wheat MeatA Meal Meat A little more than n a century ago ngo t when Britain had been fighting for years against Napoleon food became very scarce Following Is from a book on making bread written by Sylvester Graham In 1837 In order to conserve conserve erve wheat as much us as possible p the British government ordered or or- tiered dered that the army should be supplied with bread brend made from unbolted wheat meal i 1 I. e. e simply the wheat ground without having the bran or first 7 removed The soldiers were at first firs displeased with the bre bread braid d and refused to eat It even casting It from them In great rage but after two or three three- three weeks they began to be much pleased f with It and preferred It to the fine fine- s flour flour- bread j The he result of this experiment wa wn was ft that not only was the wheat made toy toj t go further but the health of the sol sal soli dIers Improved so touch much and so many j In the course of a few month that It became a matter of common rei raj mark among themselves and of ob observation j serl ration and surprise among t the le officer and physicians of the army They ex pressed themselves with confidence and zeal on the subject The public declared that the soldiers were never never so healthy and robust The public pa-j pa pers were for months filled with praise praise- of wb whole wheat bread and It was regularly reg reg- Y Introduced into families Still after this experiment with V such happy results and so general and full a testimony had been given In faor fa fa- bread when or of the wheat coarse large supplies of superfine flour came In from America and the crops from home became again abundant and th the act of parliament regarding the food I of the army became extinct most of the people by degrees returned to their J Jold old habits of eating fine bread brend |