New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-27
Endian Corn.

but the grain which ought to be most cul-
tivated and relied on is our Maize or Indian
Corn. Its production demands labor and
care, but the growing plant can hardly be
surpassed in luxuriance or beauty, and we
know nothing else aboveground-certainly
no grain-of which so large an amount OF
food can be annually obtained from a we'll
cultivated acre, 1t is far more reliable for
a good yield than Wheat, and the insects
which assail it are far more within the
reach Of mans exterminatng warfare. 1t
grows ronkly and natures seasonably over
two-thirds of the earth's habitable surface,
and, under thorough cultivation, will yield
one hundred bushels or two and halt
uns of highly nutritious grain to the acre.
beside large amount of fodder for cattle;
or, sowed properly and cut green as many
as twelve tuns to the acre Of the best food
for cattle has been obtained. The world
hears enough Of our Cotton-crop, and any
worm, or blight, or drouth, or flood, or pre-
mature frost affecting it, is telegraphed and
trunpeted all over the civilized world; po-
litical orators and mercantile writers talk
as though the world existed by the grace
of Cotton, whereas our Corn-crop is worth
three of our Cotton any year of our lives.
But our Corn is mainly consumed at home,
while our Cotton in good part goes abroad,
and this belittles the Importance OF the for
mer and magnifes that of the latter.
There is stupid prejudice throughout
the Free States against the use of Corn as
an article of human food, which seems to
be based on a presumption that it is a
coarse and homely grain, designed for hogs
and cattle. In the South, this prejudice is
unknown, and Corn bread of various kinds
and other preparations of this grain arc
constantly provided and freely used inc every
household, from highest to lowest. Much
of this prejudice is simply absurd, BUTT has
some foundation in the current ignorance
with regard to the preparation and preserva-
ton of the flour of Corn. The plant has
been known to the civilized world for com
paratively few ages, and is not yet fully
understood nor fairly treated by the great
majority even Of our own people, while in
Europe it has had no chance at all. The
farina OF Corn is among the sweetest and
most delicate of any, which the earth pro-
duces, if properly cured. Butthe ripe grain
contains moisture and the -four readily alb
serbs more, and in consequence good part
of that consumed in this country, with
nearly all that is sent abroad, is in the first
place very imperfectly prepared, and then
dampened, heated, soured, or rendered
musty, until it is not decentf food for we'll
bred hog This is no fault of the grain, but
of the wretched methods current of curing,
grinding, packing and transporting it. On
account of these, British and Irish papers
speak disparagingly of the taste of Corn
bread without the remotest idea OF what
that taste rightfully is.
Of Mr.. ]. r, Stafford, an Ohioan, who
has for several years been engaged in de-
vising and perfecting improved methods Of
manufacturing and putting up Corn Flour,
we have repeatedly spoken. His recently
patented methods have received the stamp
OF scientific and practical appreciation, earn
ing him several Gold Medals and other
gratifying testimonials. The new and ex-
tenslve mills constructed under his auspices
at the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, are now
turning out an ample supply of Indian
Com Flour and Indian Corn Farina of
the best quality, utterly Invested of moist
ure and so put up as to be proof against de-
terloratlon or change by transportation,
time or temperature. We advise every
one to procure box of this Flour and one
of this Farina,' as samples of the best
preparations of grain for human food ever
yet made. The attention of shippers Of
Breadstutis, we presume, has already been
drawn to them. When time has been af-
forded 10 test their endurance and excel
lence, very large export trade in these ar
ticles will doubtless grow up, and the con-
sumption of Indian Corn, both at home and
abroad, be largely augmented
"a Gov DoTY's majority for Congress in
the Northern District of Wisconsin is already
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