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Show DEHYDRATED SPINACH SPIN-ACH SAVES LIVES OF BABIES Salem, Ore., March 27. -Spinach faraiers of tho Willamette valley will .this year greatly increase their planted plant-ed acreage, as the result of tho announcement an-nouncement by' Dr. J. F. McClcndon, of the University of Minnesota, after six years of research, that powdered Fplnaclt Is hlghlyv beneficial In the feeding of Infants and children as well an adults. I Ah a result of the announcement of Dr. McClendon, one local dehydia-tlon dehydia-tlon plant Is preparing greatly to Increase In-crease Its capacity In the production of powdered spinach which is not subject to butullnius, the recently discovered poison which has proved fatal In so many cases. Agents of the d6hydrat!oa company are advising farmers to Increase their spinach ac-ireagc. ac-ireagc. Growers In other states are expected to follow the lead of tho Oregon farmers. Booking to salrn tho mysteries of the high mortality into among Infants In-fants and children, Dr. McClcndon's experiments with dehydrated spinach ohowed such remarkable results that 'ho has Just announced the outcome .of his experiments. In. the Jean Martin Mar-tin Brown Homo In St. Paul, Mm., tho final tests showel that powdered spinach In combination with orange Juice, was an Ideal food, the spinach' containing Iron and other elements necessary to the building of bone and tissue. I Reporting tho result of his final test. Dr. McClcndon writes that "Infants "In-fants in the homo wero largely orphans or-phans and underfed. By feeding them two tenspbontuls of powdered spinach anil one-twelfth of announce ,'ot orange Juice, wo Increased their , Growth rate to about three or four , times what It had been previously. Tho prlzo baby gained twenty-three "ounces In ouo week. Even a baby , marked with rickets gained u . weight." I. |