The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05
DIRECTIONS ron Using INDIAN
CORN.
LETTER from Mr.. SKINNER.

~ ~. hgrfttai. IsggEifior u fke .IlIiaa.
IlEAk SIR:-ll The very Interesting
psmphlrI addressed BY you 10 Lord Ash.
huFl1a 10 lsi2 On The in reduction IL In-
j an c..Tn, free II duty, inlo Ireland. could
have had aeiIeulaliph in England proper
tuned 10 the Importance of the subject
AMI The ability With which II was there
presented, II could NOT have failed in
making an impression IN that government,
anil might have gane Ear % mitigate the
calamity under which there j. loo much
reason 10 lear that Ireland is now sulTsT-
Ing.
In 10. however, an interesting fact to
knaw. that grnlleme.. a:e now writing out
Ia their correspondents in this country TO
send them small parcels Of the incest sam
pies of Indian Corn Meal; and il is im-
porlinl 10 the las. drgree that nothing shall
happen 10 discourage these essays TO
bring that great staple Of our country into
popular use IN England. Under that per-
suasiOn ] think II Of some importance, moi
only that measures be taken &C. accompa-
ny these samples with the best culinary
instructions, but tn suggest. wha. from
the best information | believe to be true,
that little depend. on the rrgion Of our
country where the corn has been protuc-
ed. The facts which seem worthy Of re-
gard as 10 corn. anil ~h Oh influence lis
quality for leavening or tightening, aud Gnr
keeping sweet. apply as well TO whoa, as
to Indian corn.
Nothing is better known than that Rich.
mond -four commands better price, es-
pecially in the South Ayericsn markets.
aud other warm climates generally, than
-four manufactured further north. Why
is Ihis' No machinery can he better, nor
manufacture more perfect than that Of
Rochester or Baltimore. Yet Richmond
-four will keep better. absorb more wafer
and make more bread; in word, remain
sound longer and 90 farther when made
into bread. The cause is to be found.
am well pursuaded, in the dryer and light
er wheat Of the Southern growth, and the
mare spongy and absorbent nature Of the
flour. Ii we had -four manufactures yet
farther South, the llour would be eqaally
Us good and as much in demand, rs tie
Richmond brand. IL as well manufactured.
But the fast is, | understand, that North
ern wheat is heavier than Southern wheat.
has more gluten in it, is moisler. and
hence will not keep 50 long, or make as
good -four for The baker. The same thing
may be said, probably, Of Indian corn;
that, as well as oats. and other Northern
grain, or grain grown in mountainous re-
gions South, is heavier than Southern
corn and other grains along The Southern
sea board, which supplies Richmond with
wheat. Much Of their supply comes from
James River and south Of 1t. Now my
fear is that ill the experiments made in
England aud Ireland with Indian corn
meal will be with Northern corn. heavier
and better for stock, but not for men who
are To be converted TO the use Of il. At
The City Hotel, where | live. and where
the cooking department, as well as others
is managed with great care and skill, the
corn bread, though much in demand at
the table, and judiciously made. is not
comparable with such as you meet with
on The table of a Virginia housewife. Ii
will be clammy and solid when broken
or out. The cakes too are adhesive and
not light. porous and open like a honey
comb. In the South, make the Indian
bread as Won may, il will he light and
dry, mix and bake il as you will.
II is bu, proper 10 add. that the sugges.
tons have here made, ofthe validity and
soundness of which have no doubt, are
the result Of a recen, conversation with
+. ]. Randolph, esq, grandson oil MIR.
Jefferson. and who, true 10 his blood on
this subject. was recently conspicuous
member Of the Education Convention al
Richmond.
The views have thrown nut. ale in
par, couoborated by the following ex-
tract from recent number of the London
Mark Lane Express:
a subscriber in your paper OF Sep
TENDER Is. asks why wheat in the pre-
sent day becomes injured and rots quick
er than used to be the case in remote times.
when il was stored away aud kept sound
for an indefinite period! Could the wheat
so stored away have been similar to The
kinds now cultivated He also inquiries,
whether the Egyptians and other people
in the earlier ages of the world cultivated
other than the bearded and many-splked
whea,sf 'rhis cannot now be decided, bur
the Romans were acquainted with both
Winter Tor beardless) wheats and the true
Spring wheat, which is termed ''remols'