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tions that have been sent out of late years have been saved 

 from scurvy by vegetables, and it is easier and cheaper to raise 

 vegetables than fruit. Tlie great trouble with farmers is not 

 that they do not raise fruit enough, for they can find plenty of 

 wild fruit, but I think if they would raise a greater variety of 

 vegetables, they would profit by it more than by raising a 

 greater variety or a greater quantity of fruit. 



Something has been said about eating in the evening. Far- 

 mers, in the Eastern States especially, eat as if they were 

 natives of Kamschatka or the northern part of Siberia. If 

 you were to tell them to take a tallow candle for supper they 

 would laugh at you. What else do they do ? They eat pie- 

 crust made of a mixture of grease and a little flour ; the less 

 flour the better they like it. If they were to take fruit and 

 vegetables, and good, wholesome bread and butter, or meat, 

 they would consider that very heavy and hearty food. It is a 

 great deal easier to digest a beefsteak, well-cooked, than it is 

 a piece of pie-crust. That the doctor will admit, I have no 

 doubt. I was not brought up on a farm, but I have been a 

 farmer seven years. I take my breakfast in summer at half- 

 past five or six o'clock, dinner at twelve, supper at seven, and 

 tea at midnight. (Laughter and applause.) 



Mr. Webb. I should not think the gentleman would have 

 any time to take anything else ! 



Mr. Augur. I would like to ask Dr. Bowen whether he 

 considers it allowable to have water, which is used for drink- 

 ing purposes, brought in lead pipes, and, if not, what he 

 would advise ? 



Dr. Bowen. I suppose there is no objection to bringing 

 water in lead pipes if there is a continuous flow of water. 

 But if the pipe is partially emptied at times, or wholly emp- 

 tied, so that the interior of the pipe becomes oxidized, then 

 you will get lead poison. Block-tin pipes, I suppose, are bet- 

 ter. 



Mr. '■ — . I would like your opinion in regard to the 



privies which are now located in all our public houses ; w^iether 

 they do not cause a great deal of malaria ? 



