LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED FOR DIGESTION OF DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF FOOD. Hours. Apples, raw, 2:00 Barley, boiled, 2:00 Beef, roasted, 3:00 Beefsteak, broiled, 3:00 Beef, broiled, 4:00 Beets, boiled, 3:45 Brains, animal, boiled, 1:45 Bread, corn, baked, 3:15 Bread, wheat, baked, 3:30 Butter, melted, 3:30 Cabbage, raw, 2:30 Cabbage, with vinegar, 2:00 Cabbage, boiled, 4:30 Cake, corn, baked, 3:00 Cake, sponge, baked, 2:30 Catfish, fried, 3:30 Cheese, old strong, 3:30 Chicken, fricasseed, 2:45 Corn and beans, boiled, 3:45 Custard, baked, 2:45 Duck, roasted, 4:00 Dumpling, apple, boiled, 3: 00 Eggs, hard boiled, 3:30 Eggs, soft boiled, 3:00 Eggs, fried, 3:30 Eggs, roasted, 2:15 Eggs, raw, 2:00 Fowls, boiled, 4: 00 Fowls, roasted, 4: 00 Goose, roasted, 2: 30 Lamb, boiled, 2: 30 Milk, boiled, 2: 00 Milk, raw, 2: 15 Mutton, roasted, 3:15 Mutton, broiled, 3:00 Mutton, boiled, 3:00 Oysters, raw, 2:55 Oysters, roasted, 3:15 Oysters, stewed, 3:30 Pig, roasted, 2:30 Pigs' feet, soused, 1:00 Pork, roasted, 5:15 Pork, salted and fried, 4:15 Potatoes, Irish, boiled, 3:30 Potatoes, Irish, roasted, 2:30 Rice, boiled, 1:00 Salmon, salted, 4:00 Soup, barley, boiled, 1:30 Soup, bean, 3:30 Soup, chicken, 3:00 Soup, mutton, 3:30 Soup, oyster, 3:30 Tapioca, boiled, 2:00 Tripe, soused, 1:00 Trout, salmon, boiled, 1:30 Trout, salmon, fried, 1:30 Turkey, roast, 2:30 Turkey, boiled, 2:30 Turnips, boiled, 3:30 Veal, broiled, 4:00 Veal, fried, 4:30 Vegetables and meat hashed, 2:30 Venison steak, 1:35 We have seen that certain elements are necessary in our food for the proper replenishment of the waste that is perpetually going on, and that they must be combined in proper proportions, so that no one part of the body shall be over-nourished at the expense of the others--no organ overtaxed, but that all may be harmoniously developed. Opinions may, and do, differ as to the source from which this sustenance for the body should be obtained whether from the animal or vegetable kingdoms, or both, and while admitting that vegetarianism and flesh-eating both have their advantages and disadvantages, our own conscientious conviction is, that the true solution of the question is to be found in the happy medium--that a mixed diet is the best for mankind under existing conditions.