Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
THE loxrcCLrukAL KING.

Com Is still the agricultural monarch In
America-and very properly SO. 1t has
vind!cated It's right to reign, through all
these many years of the past. since the
United States territory was first settled.
Cotton. which once aspired to crown, sits
perched ON . stool away below the &C.
knowledged po,entate.
The remarks made by Hon. John Howell.
At Friday afternoons session Of the Farm
ers' Institute. and as reported in this days
REPUBLIC. ~ers of grea, interest to all cit
isens. whether they live In town or In the
country. He showed that the sales Of
American corn amounted in value 70 twice
q much. at least annually. as the sales Of
cotton.
One thing Is certain. We should. ~ =
people. make more Of corn products. We
should study the food capacities OF this
cereal and do what We can, in an organized
! way. to improve the home and foreign de-
msnd for the cereal and its products
What Mr. Howell said. Friday afternoon,
about "mush and milk. ."''corn bread" ETC.,
had tendency to make peoples mouths
"water." These styles OF food are very
palstabie and very wholesome. We are
quite sure that the general health Of the
American people would ne very much bet
ter II they ate more corn bread and less
bread made from wheat: or, as least, until
people learn, in a practical way, that wheat
-four is nutritious to the extent tha; the glu-
ten il kept In Il. Then there are scores
of excellent dishes that can be made
from corn meal. and from cepaiine,
. product of corn, wfic. is now very pop
uisr and Is meeting with . large sale. Of
it may be made not only ''mush. and
''corn bread" but cakes, puddings and
, many other articles Of food.
One thing can be done. namely: A home
market for corn can I've worked up. A
home market is the best market for any
pr0duct-for tire producer and consumer
come face to face. with no middle-man or
transportation charges to reduce the PROFIT
of the producer or increase the cost to the
consumer. In this line the women OF Clark
county-in town and counuy-shouid
unite their efforts. in an associated
and organized way. 10 commend and
popu,arize the use of the food products Of
corn. We ought to have com
cooking clubs in the city and in
all parts Of the county-snd the state and
country. too-in which local, experts
shall give their neighbors the benefit Of ex-
perien,e and experiments.
Our agricultural board should open a de-
partment in our annual fair especially for
the exhibition of the dishes made from
corn by the ladies Of the county and offer
premiums for the best achievements IN .
half hundred or more dishes. This would
be new, attractive and most useful feature
of our annual agricultural festivals, II
II shall be properly encouraged and
efficiently promoted. This is suggestion
which We believe to be. Of inter-
est to state boards Of agriculture also.
aud certainly we shall have fine and grand
exhibition of this sort In our OHIO Centen-
NAL Exposition At Columbus, this year.
We hope our ladies will organize at once
and make . move In this direction.
At the same time that we are increasing
our home demand for corn andits products.
We shall be increasing the foreign demand.
When all Americans who % abroad shall
have been made fat, handsome and saucy
BY corn diet (but not from the juice Of
the corn) the people Of foreign lands will
wish to know the secrecy Of fsthelr SYM
metry and saiubriousness.