The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-01-23
AGRIGI'ITI'IIAL.
Cheap Food for war Timcs.


The following is taken from the American
AgricuIturist, and is right TO the point:
EcoNoNf is the won now, q. ahoull hc
in every family. Some are compelled (,
cconomizc, and others do So from motive,
Of hcncvolcncc, that they may better br a
bic to assist their less fortunate friends anl
ncighbors; while others will practice ccouo
my from patriotic motives. There are owen
twenty million inhabitants IN The North and
Middle States. II hv economy in food
clothing luxuricS, furniture. carriages, and
sundry other items, the average reduction
Of current expenses for one year be only :
cents Il day each. the savings VII amount
to over 5000l0000! This would balance
the four hundred millions expended hy the
government and leave ono huldrcd millions
as an offset to the extra cNpcnscs and con
irihutons al those not connected with or
employed by the government. SO that the
nation would have quite rs much wealth al
ter a years war, as if peace had prevailed
and the people bad gone on in their prcvi-
Gus modes of living.
The four hundred million dollars cxpcud-
cd Ivy government. are nearly all pa Il To
manufacturers. lahorCrs. CultiVa 'ors, &c. &c,
here At home.
We believe thc people can aud will re-
duco their expenses : cents a day each, on
the average.
One of the few good effects Of this war
will he to bring us back to more cnconom-
cal habits which will cling to us altcrward.
The main object of the present chapter il
to assist il we can, III economy in food. Od
il ever orcnr to the reader how little. cont
parativcly, wc, rs a people, use Indian corn?
This crop is grown more generally V, and with
more certainty than any other, and its artu.
al production far cXcCcdS that of all other
grains taken together. And yet Il few pounds
of meal per month, for dcsscrt puddugs and
occasional other dishes, is about the oNtcnj
of the consumption of corn in the great ma
jority of the families in the Northcr states.
Some families Use much more hut these are
exceptions to the general rule. And yet, n
hushel of ground corn affords quite Us much
hcalthful nourishmcnt as "A huRhol Of wheat
A bushcl of corn weighs 56 pounds and n
hushel of wheat 60 pounds; but there ia
more waste in grinding tho wheat, in the
shape of bran and ship stun.
4 hushCl Of corn contains ionr times as
much nutrimcnt MS hushcl Of potatoes.
We have just examined the market prices
Of wheat. corn and potatoes. in different
ih' ~ w wv ''t'llI Nv NNhlnllld|ltll
shows, first that taking the country togcth-
or the price Of hushcl o( corn and bush
cl of potatoes are about Tho same, lthcy vary
conserahly in places, hut not gcncralyI and
second, that hushcl of wheat SELLS for -,
tines NJ much as corn We therefore find
that, on an average, an amou@t OF nourish-
mont costn" 81 in the form of corn. costs
So, in the form of wheat, aud 81 in the
form of potatoes (Fom.hrlhs oG the weight
of potatoes are water.) So, then, of three
families requiring the same amount Of nour-
ishing food what would cost one ; 10 a year
in the 70 IN ot corn, would cost tho second
SlO0 in the form o( wheat, AMI the third
Sl60 in the form Of potatoes.
Why, then, do not people cnnsumc more
corn? Answer. Fashion or custom hat
much influence, anl ignorance of the N,du
of corn, or of good modes or cooking il, doe
the rest, 10 do away with the last name,
difficulty, we propose 10 Give hereafter, a
we have room, u considerable variety q
methods for preparing corn and corn meal
90 as tcImrke them palatabr. Or the health
iulncSs there is no dnuht. and from the moth
ois given, every housewife can find ono %
more that will suit the wants and faatc o
those for whom shc provides.