BLENHEIM BARLEY"

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 4

BLENHEIM BARLEY"

AND HALT. EXTRACT. ' .Among \ the variety : *'«{ comiioniids, 'distaste'.' ful, ana:otherwise,that ithe. siek-Tand afflicted are., sometimes'^ordered".- take,;:the 'extract pf.;;malt presctiption' giyes-less offence than;a' many.; .. It; is a pleasing restorer, of emaciated.-tissacs.'i'abuilder-lip -of ■ enfeebled constitutions.;. Heretofore, .we in Neifr Zealand have been. ; cpntent -to purchase, at tho behest' Of the doctor, this, that,r or the other person's particular, brand of mult, extract from orer the soa. -It is';a loiig. while , since, the 'first barley crop . was;.reaped in''Niw:. Zealand; : but~ it is only about- two years since that it occurred to anybody to. go one. better than the- Home mairufaotUrers, and l make malt extract in New Zealand . from -Now Zealand barley. . When Wilson, of Duitedin, conceived tho of making and pxtrac£. ,of ,molt for ,tbe .physical good of his afflicted '.countrymen, he decided' that with Blenheim barley (a prize-winner at shows), and-careful industry, he' ought : ttf'i be able to produce something quite •; cus -, good- <ns anything, in' the ; malt extract Jino that came out from , Home—and cheaper. ■' So he, sailed in, I 'as they; say, and now his malt ext'ra'ot is used at tho. Auckland and Dnnedin hospitals, and the Canlbridgo and Eotorliii Sanatoria. Mr. G, 11. Thomson. P.L.S.,- I'.G.S,;';JI.P., in his analysis "of: Wilson's' New /Zealand, product, says:—" . . : . It contains 25 per cent, of solidi matter, whioh is practically'-all. soluble in water, and is freei from admixture of ,foreign;-materials. . The-.starchy constituent!-, ofibreii'd,. and'all. other, forms of starchy, foods •mo • converted-'by • the• action;of ! lt? diastiiso into ■tho soluble sugars maltose and glucose! -which are both cap'aWe"bf'rapid"absorption into the blood; Hence, the malt extract is not oniynutritive in itsolf, but .is.:also most-- valuable as' promoting; tho digestion and. assimilation of ■ starchy food.' I consider.this an excellent hnd pure material, and recommend it highly," ' The retail agent in Wellington is.Mr. Robert • Johriatoii, Cheir.ist, of. 181. Cuba Street,.in • whoso,sbopinndovr there is'.'at' present a, spetiiai • display of-tho malt extract. Features of the display aro two incchanicalautomatons—a nurse and a sick- child—;which, arei .most,,ingeniously ■ worked. •