Show HIGH VALUE PUT FUT ON ANIMAL FATS IN EARLY DAYS the advertisement of a los IOs angeles resident who Is looking for a 11 continuing source of oc supply of bear grease to be used in fit tile the manufacture of a hair tonic calls to mind the many uses ot of wild anilli animals als fats in the pioneer days bear grease and oil perhaps had more uses thail any other animal fat it was used in cooking for medicinal purposes and as a hair invigorator vig orator albert stoll jr writes in the detroit now news whet when properly rendered bear oil ii considered by many as being superior to olive oil for table use it has little odor and unlike pork tat fat Is pleasing to the most sensitive taste it was tile the principal fat used in the early days for shortening and frying purposes and was frequently mixed ruined wit with sugar find and and eaten on oil broad bread 1 ily ay addin adding a hit bit of sassafras passa Fassa fras or slippery elm elin bark the pioneers were able to keep beat bear grea grease P and oil for months without its turn iii inz rancid it is well known that the lie dandies of the early days davs placed great store on beat bear grease pi ease to keep their hair sleek an and d shiny rattlesnake and skunk oils also were two old reliable remedies the former was regarded by backwoods back wooda folks as aa being a specific for ringworm WO rh rheumatism ill ma t ism sties and animal bites and in ili remote parts of some states today this remedy still serves inan mankind kind tile the oil rendered from the fatty tissues of th alie e skunk like tile the old rel reliable lable Z graae of the wild goose was the first remedy sought to cure colds and other lung or bronchial ailments ments while the fats of most mist wild a an n wals were not nol so eagerly sought att aft or cr as those mentioned above none was wasted all could be used to help hell make candles and soap as is still done today but under disguised names |