The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-04
From the New York Sun.
CORN MEAL,


We could not imagine that any state of tbipos
would occur by which corn meal could he snbs,i.
,u,ed and tolerated tpr wheat fur in England
Blu, hunger. IL is said. will break through stone
walls and indian corn, supposed to- be wild
produc'ion ot ouT pralTies, which has been over
and over again rejected by the English people, is
now qnoed al an extraordinary high price in their
markets. When Willi,m Cnbbeii the celehra tied
poliiical writer and economist, cultivated farm
nm Long Island une of his objects was famliar,ze
himself with the culture ot Indian corn, inr the
express purpose of trying the experiment in certain
congenial soils in England. aud he raised corn of
q very fine character, but found On his arrival
home that the specimens both ui the corn aud
meal, the hoe cake aud corn bread he had baked
were universally rejected. He en,rea,cd the po
cal economists at the day la give it fair trial
They refused. He wrote pamphlet after pam
phlei explanatory of its virtues, and circulated
thousands &C copies graluiIonsly; for. with all
Cubbeit's political faults, he was uudemiahly
friend ,o The poor. Blu, there no famine then.
no short crops. and the British Nation acted as if
they never expected a drought. ar 4 n,urrain or a
failure at crops. they mncerrnoninusly REJECTED
enrn meal They said that the cattle would M,
eat it, and for some cause, they sneetinglv added
that hog wonld not make his first inca upon il.
Bu, affairs have since taken change The cattle
are not allowed To come near The Indian meal -
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herself has breakasted on snrne uf The corn bread
and fresh hnter-lhe most nuirtiuns of all farina-
ceous productions. The Indian corn has now vim
dicaipd itself, and stands high in the affections
and appeues of all Europe We now pxpec, To
see the experiment generally made tn raise it ::
and there must be snils aud climates in Eorope
where it will grow luxurisntly. il they understand
how Ia cultivate ii, and where il will also a ffnrd
capital fiddler Tor animals But admit tina, IN
dian cora will mol grow in Europe and That the
supply will he furnished from this Country and
suppose the demand la continue the question v i'll
he asked, what Influence will thar snnpiy have ON
crops We answer. very rrifiing Suppose
we produce fire hundred millions of bushels.
which is about The crop of 1916. the amount we
shall export for foreign consumption in ordinary
times cannot exceed twenty millions This is
upon the presumption tina, cnrt is used in Europe
as an article of human food. But suppuse the
poaio To revive, indian corn will become a cheap
article of fond fur cattle At all events, the
present high price will have a powerful effect
upon all our crops this year. We shall probably
raise eight hundred mllun bushels Of corn. and
even cotton planters will find il more profitable
crup than cottnn
The agrlcuturisls in the valley of he Mssis
sippi will produce an extra quantity on the rich
allnv'al soil of orr prairies IL is startling In
know the fact that Corn Meal in England shuuld
sell as high as wheaton -four but the GRAND secte
has leaked on too late To crafty Cnhbett YET soon
enough tn sustain all his declarations that indie
pendent OF the many ways of cooking Indian
meal II is asceraned that il is a better article of
food than " heat flour