Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1861-12-19
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Thlrty-three Methods OF Cooking
Indian Corn.
Cheap food for Var 7smes.-Import
ant for E0ery Housekeeper, and her
"Quqrtermaster" p Making $40 90
as far as 500. k ZIG
Economy is the word now, or at
least it should be in every family
Some are compelled to economic
Others do so from motives Of benevo-
lenee, that they may be better able to
assist their less fortunate friends and
neighbors; while others will practice
economy from patriotic motives
There are oyer twenty million inhabi-
tants ia the Northern. and the Middle
States. IF by economy in feod, lux
uries, clothing, furniture, carriages,
and in sundry other items, the aver
age reduction of. current expenses for
one year be only seven cents day,
each, the savings will amount to over
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOL
LARS! This would balance the S4,-
900, 900 expended by the Government,
and leave one hundred millions as an
Offset to the extra expenses and con-
tributions Of those not connected with
or employed by the government, so
that the nation would have quito as
much wealth after a years war, as if
peace had prevailed, and the people
had gone on in their previous modes
of living. The half million soldiers
will Of course save money during the
year, for even the humblest private
gets all his food and clothing, besides
$156 in money, which all come out of
the four hundred million dollars ex-
pended by the government, while the
balance is nearly all paid to manufac-
turers, laborers and cultiYatOrs here at
home. Ys
We believe the people can and will
reduce their expenses seven cents
each day, on the average. With some
the saving will amount to but one or
two cents daily, while others will far
excede the seven cents. There are
many ways in which people can ex-
pend less money than they would
have done under other circumstances.
In the single item of clothing much
will be saved. Some will buy q coat
or a dress less. Some will wear . $4
bonnet instead of an So one. Some will
wear good pair of boots instead of
| fancy pair that would cost more and
give out sooner-and this will be a
manifest saving Of health and COM
fort. The old harness will do to
drive to church or to town for anoth
er year. But we can not particular
ize further. One Of the few good eff
fects of this war will cling to US at
/ terward.
The main object of the present chap
ter is to assist, if we can, in economy
of food. Did it ever occur to the
reader, how little, eomparativel, We,
as people, use Indian Corn? This
crop is grown more generally, and
with more certainty than any other,
and its actual production far exceeds
that of all other grains taken togeth-
er. And yet "a few pounds of meal
per month, for desert puddings, and
other dishes, is about the extent of the
consumption of corn in the great ma
iority of the families in the Northern
States. Some families use much more,
but these are exceptions to the gen
eral rule. And yet bushel Of ground
corn affords as much 1aourishmept as
a BusheI of Wheat. A bushel wheat
weighs 60 punds and a bushel of.corn
SO. But there is more waste in grind
ing the wheat, in the form Of bran
and ship stuff. Corn differs from
wheat mainly, in having a little less
gluten, and rather more oil and starch.
For the colder half of the year the
oil and starch of the corn are better
adapted to the wants of the body,
than the large amount of gluten in
wheat. Corn contains all the elements
needed in the body, and in just about
the proportion they are required in
Winter, while they are nearly suited
for food in warm weather. A bushel
of corn contains four times as much
Inutrrment as bushel of potatoes.
We have just examined the market
prices of Wheat, Corn, and Potatoes,
in different parts ofthe country. The
Examination shows, first, that taxing
the country together, the price of
bushel of corn and bushel of potatoes
is about the same, (they vary consid-
erably in some localities, but not
generally , and second, that bushel
Of wheat sells for D times as much as
busheI Of corn. AVe therefore find
/ that, op the average, an amount OF
nourisbment costing 81 in the form OF
corn, costs S2I in the form of wheat,
and s4 in the form Of potatoes