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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 1922 
Good News for Farmers! 
The Du Pont Company announces 
a new farm dynamite— 
more 
per dollar 
D U PONT CHEMICAL, ENGINEERS have developed a new 
dynamite, Dumorite—and it is going to save you a lot of 
money. It will blow out Ya more stumps per dollar—blast Ya 
more boulders per dollar—plant Ya more trees per dollar. 
Dumorite shoots, under ordinary conditions, stick for stick, with 
regular 40% dynamite. And at the price of 100 VAx 8 inch sticks 
of “40%” you can buy 135 to 140 PAxS inch sticks of Dumorite. 
In addition, Dumorite is absolutely non-freezing and positively 
will not cause headache. 
Your dynamite dollar is worth $1.35 when you buy Dumorite. 
This makes land clearing a much less expensive operation. 
See your local hardware or general store merchant now 
regarding your season’s supply of Dumorite. Write us for the 
“Farmers’Handbook of Explosives” which gives full instructions 
for its use. 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS 8t CO., Inc. 
Equitable Building Fulton Building 
New York Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Ask your County Agent 
how the Federal Farm 
Loan System will help 
you clear your land. 
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Any good mechanical milker will save time, work and money 
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Questions About Foods in Kidney 
Troubles 
I am much interested in your article on 
“Milk and Lime Diseases,” page 1807, 
and Dr. Schlesinger’s notes. Isn’t it pos¬ 
sible to inquire further of Dr. Schlesinger 
of what to eat? lie speaks of bean-s. Is 
this referring to the baked beau class, or, 
say. Lima beans, and what kinds of fruit 
are mostly found to increase the calciums, 
crystals and kidney activity? Is aspara¬ 
gus especially good for those so afflicted? 
Is milk with olive oil a good thing to 
take? t. w. «. 
A mixed diet is of course the most 
rational. Milk and cereals should con¬ 
stitute part of the daily diet. Fruit, 
either stewed or fresh, should also be 
taken, meat sparingly. The age and ten¬ 
dency of the person, also occupation, 
must be considered. Custom has done 
nuch to regulate our food. Bread and 
butter, for instance, gives us carbohy¬ 
drates and hydro-carbons in exactly the 
proper proportion. 
Some people, because of a rheumatic 
diathesis or gouty diathesis, have a ten¬ 
dency to make oxalate of lime, or uric 
acid, or both. Such people are forbidden 
tomatoes, the sour or acid fruits, spices, 
condiments and gravies. The white meats 
are advised, and red meats forbidden, not 
that there is any difference, other than 
that red meats are usually soused with 
gravies and pepper, while the white meats 
are prepared and served dry, and minus 
the seasoning. 
The functionating of the kidneys has 
much to do with tolerance and the kind 
of food to lie taken. In a renal or kidney 
diabetes the starches and sugars must be 
avoided, while in nephritis (Bright’s dis¬ 
ease) a milk diet is recommended and is 
beneficial. 
Quantity of food is also most impor¬ 
tant. Those of sedentary habits should 
eat less in proportion to one who does 
manual labor. Common sense in eating 
is as important as any other of our do¬ 
ings. Coffee to excess has a tendency to 
cause oxahma (oxalate of linn* iu the 
urine), hence milk or milk flavored with 
coffee is suggested. Beans. Lima beans 
and peas, are rich in starch, and are 
therefore nutritious, but are not known 
as a definite cause of rheumatism or of 
oxnluria. Indigestion has much to with 
calculi and their consequences. 
Much could he written to eulighten the 
inquirer; in fact, volume* arc published 
on this topic. One thing I will mention 
here. In our country we have a per¬ 
nicious custom of drinking ice wafer with 
our nmals. In Japan and in other lands 
this would seem ridiculous, and instead 
hot water or weak tea is served. In the 
Ural Mountain sections sauerkraut (raw) 
is served with every meal. This intro¬ 
duces the lactic acid (Metchnikoff bacil¬ 
lus) into the digestive tract, and is 
claimed as a cause for long life. Haste 
and anger during eating has much to do 
with indigestion and its consequences. 
Answering the question if milk and 
olive oil is good, I will say that milk 
contains 3.4 per cent and more of butter- 
fat. on which we thrive the best, supply¬ 
ing vitamines, which olive oil doc* not 
possess. It must not be forgotten that 
milk is the chief and only diet of babies, 
and that they thrive the best and make 
their most rapid growth while on this 
exclusive diet. Why add olive oil to the 
milk? 
Regarding asparagus, this acts as a 
diuretic with many people, the same as 
celery, and helps to get rid of urea, and 
the other waste substances, via the urine; 
hence it is considered beneficial. An 
occasional urine analysis is suggested. 
This is the surest aid to the physician as 
to the condition of the kidneys, and an 
intelligent interpretation of the findings 
is the surest aid towards a diagnosis. 
m. f. scnrrsixGER. a.b„ ph.g. 
Science and Warm Feet 
You express doubt of the science of 
keeping the feet warm on page 14S0. A 
week ago I examined a girl’s head. She 
was a city girl, about 10 years of age. 
The forehead and top of her head was 
large, and the fine features showed high 
quality. Her body was slight, and she 
was thin in face and body. Either she 
must have her feet kept warm at night 
so she can sleep well by having the blood 
drawn away from her brain and have 
nourishing food to give her blood to sup¬ 
port her brain energy and pad her nerves 
with flesh nr she must change her en¬ 
vironment so there will he less strain on 
her nervous system, or there is a Certain 
wreck just around the next curve, 
A. E. BITTEXHOUSE. 
Chilblains: Poisoning Mice 
If you have any more inquiries about 
chilblains or hives, camphorated oil or 
camphorated vaseline is a specific. Tt is 
probably an old story to you, but while 
pruning an orchard near Litchfield, 
Conn., three years ago. where the mice 
had formerly done much damage. I found 
under each tree or every third or fourth 
tree a piece of 2-in. iron pipe about 18. 
in. long in which the poisoned bait was 
placed. It kept it from the weather and 
from all birds. Two-inch tile would be 
cheaper, B. n. 
Massachusetts. 
Bohry : “Are you the trained nurse 
mamma said was coming? The Nurse: 
“Yes. dear, I’m the trained nurse.” Bob¬ 
by: “Let’s see some of your tricks.”— 
Toronto Telegram. 
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