BREAD OR BARBERRIES 



about it. In those days doctors used parts of the barberry in mnkinjr 

 medicine. Indeed, it seems to have oeen because of its use in medi- 

 cine that tlie barberry was brouj_dit out of Asia into countries \vhero 

 it lind not «:ro\vn before. Little liy little this bush was taken into all 

 the comiti'ies of Kiiro|»e. In mo-t ot tlioe countries doctors used 



1 I'i- •' A t'li^'li of rommon luiiljoiry. It sprnidK Nttrii rust to wliotit aud olhi-r 

 grains. He-|H^rt every one to your Slate aKricultural collfK*' 



to steep barberry leaves or bark or roots and ^'ive this old-fasirmned 

 medicine to jx'oplc who were sick. 



Once jK'ople niach' their own dyes and inks. From tli(^ inn<>r bark 

 of the barberry they made yellow dye. liy addin;: certain mat«>rials 

 to this i\\v they made «rreen dve. They found that by treatin<r the 

 juice from the liarbeny jdant with ahnn they could umko red ink. 



The ^yood of common barberry is stronjz, and in the old days men 

 used it in makinj^j certain -mall articles such as teeth for rakes. 



