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ECONOMY OP THE HOUSEHOLD. 



it is the quality of 

 the articles they look at. 

 Every thing depends on 

 quality.* 



958. There is no more 

 important branch of do 

 mestic economy than that 

 which relates to the use 

 of the great staples of 

 human food, especially 

 the articles employed in 

 making bread. A large 

 part of the ill health and 

 unhappiness of families 

 arises from bad or defec 

 tive cooking. The really 

 good and healthy bread 

 made in this country 

 bears but a very small 

 proportion to that of decidedly poor quality. 



959. Undoubtedly this may in part be ascribed to the 

 flour which the housekeeper is obliged to use. Its quality 

 varies exceedingly in different samples, and we cannot 

 always obtain what is really good. 



960. Every hundred pounds of wheat contain from 

 fifty-five to sixty-eight pounds of starch, from ten to 

 twenty pounds of gluten, and from one to five pounds of 

 fatty matter. The relative quantities of these substances 

 vary considerably in different climates and soils. Thus 

 the proportion of gluten is largest in wheat grown in 



*Thc management of the dairy is stated in greater detail in the Treatise on 

 &quot;Milch Cows and Dairy Farming,&quot; to which aiiy who wish to pursue the subject 

 farther can refer. 



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