Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1919 — Fifty Tons of Snails a Day. [ARTICLE]

Fifty Tons of Snails a Day.

Iu France, where there is a big demand foriSsnaiis—the daily consumption In Paris alone reached 50 tons before the war—snail farms yield a handsome profit. As many as 500,000 “first quality” snails, the price of which in normal times averages about $2 a thousand, can be reared on an acre of land. They need only to be fed once a day, preferably in the evening, and, though extremely voracious, are by no means fastidious. After a fall of rain, w hich seems to sharpen their appetite, a bed of 100,000 snails will soon demolish a barrow-load of cabbages. They are fed not only on greenstuff*, but on wine dregs or bran soaked In wine, a diet which is supposed to impart a special flavor.