Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26

msde for having at ieastcne dish prepared from
corn included in the exhibition OF each such
struction in the methods OF preparing the grain.
Circulars. including recipes, with Information
as to where the meal can be obtained, may be
handed around at the meetings. There is room
in Europe for the consumption Of several hun
dred million bushels annually of American
corn, much Of 1t as food for human beings who
do not now get enough to eat.
II has already been reported that American
corn promises to assume an important place in
the manufacture Of soap in Germany. Hitherto
the manufacturers used iinseed oil procured
from Russia but, owing TO the failure of that
crop, they have been compelled to look in other
directions for supply. 1t was decided after
many experiments that the oil obtained from
corn was the best for the purpose Of manufac-
turers, who now get large supplies from Chi
caso. Tho chances are that this trade will be-
fore long amount to 500 900 or 10000. 900
bushels yearly.
WHERE THE CORN CROP n PRODUCED.
Although the greater portion Of the crop Of
maize is produced in what Is known as the
great corn belt Of the northwest, Including
parts Of the Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio
valleys, 1t may be said Of this crop that it is the
only one which can be raised abundantiy and
proftably In every state and territory of the
Union. 1t grows well in Florida, Is abundant
in Minnesota, obtains luxuriRnce along tho At
iantic and Pacific coasts, and is Q valuable and
indispensable product all over the United
States. With an acreage Of rs, 000, 900 acres it
Is the largest cultivated crop grown In any
country and the possibilities for extending it's
production are almost unlimited. The acreage
now planted in q single year is greater than the
total surface area OF New England, New York
and New Jersey combined. 1t more than
equals in extent the total cultivated
land in France or Germany. 1t represents the
mostimportapt branch OF American agriculture.
About 81 per cent of the crop is annually con-
sumed in this country, and more than 30 per
cent Of it is virtually consumed on the farms
where it is grown. On tho farm it feeds the
working animals, fattens the beeyes and hogs,
Is an important constituent in butter and
cheese production and forms part of the family
ration. 1t appears on the table in American
homes both as meat and bread, and again in
the form Of tempting and appetizing delicacies
skillfnlly prepared from some of its many pro-
ducts The forage which its blades furnish
Of farm animals in many sections of the country,
where It supplements and sometimes takes the
place of hay.
LITTLE VARIETY IN BREADsTUFFs.
Under present conditions there is but little
variety in the breadstuffs which form the daily
rations Of the populous empires of China, Japan
and British India. In oriental countries,
where the struggle for existence is most fierce,
and where the search IL continually for the
cheapest material with nutritious value suffi-
Gent for the support Of human life, it seems az
II there might be wide field for the introduce
ton Of corn. In China and Japan the native
populations among the lower classes are hard
pressed by the wants of nature, and if they
could be Taught that maize furnishes cheap food
stuff OF exceptional value demand of enormous
proportions might be created. In Europe the
kind Of grain used marks the differences between
the wealthy class and the poorer Glasses. Wheat
ia the aristocratic and rye the plebeian grain.
and there is but little graduation between these
extremes of breadstuffs The introduction OF
maize and its products might give a welcome
addition to the dietary of all classes-those
who dine upon the dainty white loaf, as we'll
as those whose subsistence is largely upon the
coarse and cheaper breads from rye and other
grains. 10 the first will be offered numerous
toothsome dishes, maizenas, starches and
other preparations, while for those occupying
lessfayored stations in life u cheap grain capa-
BILE of indefinite variations in preparation, both
nourishing and healthfui, will give more-Ya
ETY. to the daily food supply, and bring addi-
tional comfort and contentment into the lives
OF the great mass OF the old worlds popula-
ton.