Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1909 — The Effect of Rats as Food. [ARTICLE]

The Effect of Rats as Food.

The Lahore (India) Tribune quotes a Chinaman’s explanation of the use of rats for food purposes as follows: “What a carrot Is to a horse’s coat a rat Is to the human hair. Neither fact can be explained, but every horseman knows that a regimen of canots will make his stud smooth and lustrous as velvet, and the Chinese, especially the women, know that rats used as food stop the falling out of hair and make the locks soft, silky and beautiful. I have seen it tried many Hines.”