, 1880-03-30
EGYPTIAN CORN,
Or Pampas Rice-The New Grain
for the Dry Plains Of the
West.
Numerous Strong Testimonials Prov
ing Its Great Ability to Stand
Drought.
A Cereal More Nutritious than
Corn, Oats, or Rye.

NtN .nEHlCtft NIhl inllulStlGu III 1uEs 1Hltb.
ESE Of Oct. T, i,l which he puvo u l,rief nc-
count Ut tho new CEREAL called "EgyptInn
Cnrn, or 1'a'utn,s llicc," which tu lInd fn,,nt
growing lllxuriaatly III Western Kn,Isas.
where ntltcr cereals, Including corn, Ind
wltEercd at,h tlirl from the extrcn,o drought
lint afflicted That rcgfnlt. We copy ali eS-
tract from Mr.. 1Ir,,ss' letter:
"4As The farts III relation 10 this new cereal
are new, curious, md interesting, they urs.
here given IN tletnil. Mr.. liulllngsw"l'l', Ut
Chlcag,,, l'Ungllt, 4 conplt. Of yrnls ngu,M
south uf kitslsy, Til the .t,clist,u, Tnprk,.
y slntn II I:aiIway. KtuStry l. situated III
TUG Valley % thy 4trktl.s;ls ~ What Is nitiit
calh.! thu "tlry lWls." Ji'i ,A!lrs wpstof Kan.
l'iicio. Mr. I1olIinyswor,h's sun n,N! son
bnr "f tic iI@ilil1ssworii rincIl i !aInd " sa,sc
ct the rlrr cnrlt. n'"l Its success iIun,a4l Mr..
tll Il, Ills rallrl,. lie llal rnrty nrrrs Of sol
turned uyrr last spriI,v, md l,ayinG prtu;Hrel
sevrru! quarts Of tho srttt, with f!l ordinary
sce'l.pa',ter liz teh,sitetl two Or t;rre g'Itlls
mot lsen /, trip :F raln for the previous efEjlt
months, and Il. dill mt rain for flv: weeks
nfter tile pla1.ttns: yet tho sesl gerInEnatHt.
The .r!'rH cnnle vi, ntnl grrw finely. After 1t
tHs M Iiaao Estasai% {siaked rinIi!sj, hnrn-
Ing up the grass ni,l every green tlllng III The
lssrtlcils, scnrrls,lg like t!!e llns.s frnt,t Il
fnrnarr, yet II dill mt atfrct tho newcomer
IL spIte 9f tic hrat. 'ri.i' the r:!it!s :s!,lc
on, ntltl tho sturdy grain wasH1anlly lnditter.
elIt tn tl!nt. It Ercw right IN ni,a riiWnti
niant tl!e LIT nf September. yielding. Mr.
lgihl,ngsWoftM ,ha ,l}| th9}|sl se s!XX bss ~,
hushcI. The staik Il much better fnr fuel
than cortl-stNlEts, mud makes rs gOntl fHler
also It's fuel asla,liics \, tlIa trceless regiol,
faet, ns i lew aerss VII flirni;!. fllel for .
fnmtly for I'LL entire winter. From the top
ot the sialk issues tuft, something like that
OF. sorghum: this soon dreDps over; md ti'e
kernel is about tho sizS u a EraIii Of wheat,
perhaps q little alnallcr and more. tl1ArEy
round. Zach one Is inc!osed In Il sIl,ltK Or
independents capsalc;, Thc grain cal be
6read a,li other food chi he nnie; t chi be
boiled md eaten ns rico or cracked wheat.
and in fact can be nseti for any purpose for
which our ordinary cereals arc employed. a
smal! crop !ast year, assured :hin, that It fat.
tened pigs faster than he had ever known
| common corn or any other food 70 do it.
| "Now, the oMly thing about this story, is
seems sn os too gG9d to b. TaS NE M9
Mr.. HolliAgswnrth claims for 1t should prove
true. From New Mexico to the Brtlsti line
there arc tens Of thousands Of square miles
too t5 aTay 1 h1 mSnfis to ne s
too Iar beyond reliable rainfall to be used
| for my other purposes thin lMst1irage. And
HOW comes tsifs African plant apparently
this yast country. IL # should fulfill tic
PROMISE titus fur given, It's value to Tue coli.
try md to hullanltymrst bs told ~ t!iou-
sands of millions Of dollars. Mr.. 1lolllnEs-
worth t!toglt tlle sects s., Was hro',gt IT, to this
1OnitcS: hut uryO1lu t3ItS 9lt knows nothing