Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-27

The proporlion Of oil is evidently ovcTrae! in
this ANALYSIS; and The error is due 10 The soluble
" Of the zein, or gluten of Indian corn in ether,
which paren used 10 dissolve the oil. The gluten,
being taken up in this process, was mistaken fof
oil. and credited in the analysis as snch, when it
should be put under the head OF nllroSeniZcd mat
tiers.
Il is not surprising that NJ. Dumas. in quoting
this analysis, should observe that individuals
who cal corn for some time, present symptoms Of
an accumulation OF lat in their tissue, which will
no, appear astonishing when wc consider that
hushel OF corn would yield quart (lilre) q OIL"
Orr New England farmers, then, ought 10 bc an
excessively fat people, according 10 this theory if
hey did not work il oil into hard muscular fib;c
Dumas says, that the popping OF corn IS due 10
The conversion oi The water contained in The
starch into steam which have shown % he an
error. and proved this phenomenon 10 arse from
the rupture of the cells Of The glulinou, parl OF
the grain by the conversion oi The contained glo-
buies of oil into gas
Indian corn is not sufficiently well known in
Europe, and is not properly valued. In Eng
land, The climate is not sufficiently warm in Sum-
mer To allow il 10 rpen; but green corn can I've
abundantly raised and, il known, wouli he va
lued as luxury In The South olF'rancc and in
Venetian Lomhardy AMI in Tuscany, abundan
crops OF Indian corn are raised; bul il is used
only by the poorer classes, and iJr feeling cattle
absurd preluiices having prevented its use among
The higher classes Of the people.
"All animals tina, arc exclusively caniyorons
will eat Indian corn, and generally prefer il 10
other grain II certainly is, in the highest de-
gree, nutritious.
The cultivation of corn gives peculiar char.
ar,er 10 New England hushandry-i being hoed
grain crop, unknown in England.
y grain Of corn is fruitful topic, and nigh,
prohlably occupy large space on these pages
bu; what has already been stated NAV serve 10
show The degree Of interest attached To single
agricultural product, and convince asricultnrists
that they have abundan, objects Of study around
them.
|, is obviols that the ingredients above do.
scribed, as components Of corn, are all essential
to highly nutritious grain.
The gluten and mucilage contain nilrogen-an
element essential 10 the formation of fibrous lis
sue, muscles, nervous matter, and brain.
The oil is nearly formed fat, easily convert.
bic into animal oils by slight change Of comno.
stion.
Starch is convertible also into fa,, and into The
carbouaceous substances Of The body, and during
is slow combustion in the circulation. gives oI,i
a portion Of the heat Of animal bodies while in
lis altered stale, 1t goes 20 form part ofhe living
frame.
Sugar acts in similar manner, as compound
of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon.
From the phosphates The substance Of bone,
and the saline matters Of brains. nerves, and other
solid and fluid parts OF the body, are III great
measure derived.
The salts of iron 20 TO The blood, and there con-
sli,ue an essential portion Of ii, whereby i, is en-
abled, By successive alterations OF It's degree Of
oxidation during the circulation through The
lungs, arteries, extreme vessels, and veins, TO
uanspor, oxygen 10 every part OF The body.