The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-04
INDIAN CORN.

i'll number; but the grain which ought
to be most cultivated and relied on is
our Maize Or Indian Corn. Its produce
ton demands labor and care, but the
growing plant can hardly he surpassed
in luxur!ance or beauty, and W. know
nothing above ground no
grain-of which SO large al amount of
food can be annually obtained from a
well cultivated acre. 1t is far more re-
liable for a good yield than Wheat. and
the insects which assail it are far more
within the reach Of mans eXtermirating
warfare. Ii grows rankly and natures
seasonably over two-thirds Of the earth's
habitable surface, and, under thorough
cultivation, will yield one hundred bush
els Or two and d hall tons Of highly nu.
tritious grain 10 The acre, beside large
amount Of fodder for cattle; or, sowcd
properly and cut green, as rany as
twelve tuns to the acre oCthc 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 premature frost affecting it, is
toIegral he'd and tIumpetcd all over the
civilized world; political 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 goh part
goes abroad, and this belittles the i'm
| portance of the former and masnifcs
that Of the latter.
! There is q stupid prejudice through
out the Free States against the use Of
Corn as an article OF human food. Which
seems to be based on presumption that
it is coarse and homely grain, design
ed for hogs and cattle. In the South,
this prejudice is unknown, and Corn
bread Of various kinds and other prepa-
rations of this grain are constantly pro-
vidcd and freely used in every house
hold, from Highest TO lowest. Much Of
this prejudice is simply absurd, but it
has some foundation in the current ig-
norance with regard to the preparation
and preservation Of the flour of Corn.
| lied world for comparativnIv few aces
and is not vet Cnllv understood nor f3;r,
" treated nv tha rraot ,no;or;.
ty oven Of onr own naonls Will IN
/ Europc il has had no chonca ot al
I The farina ofCorn is anong the sweetest
md n7ost delicate ofsnv rr2;rh +ba oorti,
produces nronerIv cnrn1 p,,t the
Iino Grain c6nta;ns n,o;etn~o ~ Ito
nour rSad;lv obsorby more anJ IN cors,.
onance a aoad mart Of thai consI1n, o,i1 IN
his co,ntpv Win nrarly Ill that - s,n NJ
abroad is in tbc first ,I9cn yrr,, ;n,,or.
facllv nranarad and then dan,,lan5o1
haa+o5 SorrcI Hr NJ ,,,Ist, ',l, ,,t;
il ;s mot decent fand in. r,oII byaa I bna
This is no fanlt oftba GRAIN bnt -, Of ~" +5n
wretched motlo1s cnrrrnt of cUr;o roe
rr;ndinr narlirr. md +ranerort ~, ~
On acc0nnt of+b2oso prit;sb a. az ~; -
Doncrs s1ao1 Gi,noroo;nal[ r. +ba+a ,',r
6fTorn hrcod vithont ne romotast t ;Joo
Of what tba+ fastn riohtC1Ilv IL
Of}Tr.J. r. Staa6rI an Oh;o,p ub .
has for several Years haen onoa@ad ;n do
y;sipo and perfact;nr in,nroynd ,natho5s !
If Observation-Disclosures nnd ttinr.,r, CCrn
i 1o''I' we nave l5pea .Ioly SPOKEN. MS
49, pI's's:o '1loI's nave received
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