Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-18
INDIAN CORN.
Tow 1t Il Being Introduced as Food IN
Germany.

Germany.
Among the first discoveries OF the
Pilgrims II Plymouth was maize, or, as
they called it, Indian corn, and the vir-
hics of corn meal for man and beast are
familiar But the nutritious grain has
not generally penetrated Europe, and
an indian corn propaganda has been
recently started in Germany, with very
promising results. Thirteen mills have
been put in operation forgrinding corn,
and some of them have been working
night and day, and have been unable
10 fill their orders. Several other mills
in various parts OF Germany will soon
be erected, the demand for corn is so
great IN Dresden, where two corn
mills are in operation, more than half
the bakers are selling maize rye bread,
composed of one part maize and two
parts rye, in which the taste of the
maize is not perceived Even the two
mills in the latter city are baking and
selling large quantities of this bread,
and the old government garrison
bakery is turning out thousands of
loaves daily.
The United States consul at Rotter-
dam mentions the great increase in the
| importations Of Indian corn. The Ger
man Millcrs' association has taken the
| alarm, and corn has been assailed as an
article Of human food with an energy at
which the Yankee must smile, seeing
what people has been bred upon it.
A wcll-informcl correspondent in Ber-
lin writes: my firm opinion is that
when the German people know the full
value Of Indian corn as human food,
they will consume as much as we do in
proportion to the number of inhab-
.tanta The government i now putting
a committing plant in their large mill
at Magdeburg, and the government re-
port on the value of corn as food will
soon be published, which is the result
of u thorough investigation and prac.
teal testing of breal-making at the
garrison bakery in this city, and which,
| am informed by the commission, will
be highly favorable.
Probably without knowledge of these
facts, correspondent pleads for maize,
or Indian corn, as the most fitting no.
tional flower; as a native of the cont.
ncnt, while the goldcnrod has n Euro
pean variety. What could compare
with it in sculpture or in harmony OF
tint for The artist, whether we choose
the tender tasscllcd blossom browning
the tall stem, the long leaf waving in
the wind, or the golden ear in its brown
sheath? It may be urged that the
flower is not the striking feature of this
plant, but when we take The tout en-.
scmble, there is nothing finer in the
botanical world. The shamrock of Ire
land is generally represented by II:
leaf, not the blossom, therefore we
might reasonably take the fruit of the
maize rs our emblem, for does it no
typify peace, prosperity, labor susten
Gnce? Neither the goldenrod nor tht
pansy has any prominent traits; th(
abundance of the one, the lowliness o.
the other, can only be claimed for them
Our correspondent kindly reminds u
Of a fact with which we were not alto
gether unfamiliar, that Lowell's HON
age to the "dnsty gold" occurs in hi
poem to a dandclion. But there ca,
be no question that Barlow's "Hasty
Pudding" one of the earliest of Amer
lean poems, dealt wholly with Ameri
can Indian corn. -Harpcr's Weekly.