Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-01-29
CORN FOR EUROPE.
AMERICAN MAIZE TO BE INTRO
DUCED ABROAD.
Europeanst to be Taught to Use Corn
For Food-A Step That VIII
Add Millions to the Value
of the Corn Crop.

ment In Jne SuDJeCt W SuCu "H SN'N"'
that corn mixed with rye has been re-
commended officially for the ra!ions OF
the army. Owing to the fact that The
Car has prohibited the expectation OF
rge from Russia, on account OF the
threatened famine, Germany's main sup
ply of that cereal has been cut Oft. 1t IS
proposed, therefore, that in place OF rye
bread, the soldiers shall be supplied with
bread made half of rye and half of corn.
Thus there is reason to believe that this
great European nation will have acquired
a taste for the American vegetable before
long and so become a regular purchaser
of it from the United States.
Already merchant named Wilzynski
has opened a great store on one OF the
principal store streets of Berlin, for sell
ing by wholesale and retail brea1 made
Of corn and rye. Inasmuch as his pro-
duct is offered for forty per cent. less
than rye bread can be bought for, it has
every prospect of obtaining popularity.
When ten loaves of the new food can be
got for the price Of six loayes OF the old,
the inducement from the point OF view
of the toiling masses is very great. 1t is
anticipated that before long the baker;
all over Germany will be baking bread
of corn and rye. Another firm in Bor-
lin is about to 60 into the manufacture
and sale of corn meal mush, put up in
packages Of a pound and 4 half each,
or to be sold in cardboard dishes. An
international exhibition, to be opened
at Leipsic, February 4, will be largely
devoted to cooking and domestic ccon
omy generally. An agent of the De-
partment of Agriculture will probably
be sent there to make show of corn
and the methods of preparing it.
The only form Of corn at all known in
Northern Europe as human food is corn
starch. 1t is mostly sold in Great Britain
under other names, to conceal the fact
that it is a product OF maize, as strong is
the prejudice against the grain as an ar
ticle Of Diet. Itsccms very Surprising
that the leading cereal Of the New
World should not have been adopted as
a breadstuff in the Old World, where
the CRY for cheap brea1' is so bitter
and agonizing. Hopes are entertained,
however, of teaching these peoples across
the ocean to use maize by cooking it for
them publicly, by distributing literature,
advertising its qualities and comparative
cbeapness, and by enlisting the influence
of Governments and the agricultural
press. incidentally the increased demand
would be of great benefit to the farmers
of this country. 1t is reckoned by Sec
retsry Rusk that an advance OF five cents
bushed for corn during the next de-
cade would add 1000, 100000 to the
value of this crop during that period.
While American wheat meets with
competition from Russia, India and the
Argentine Republic, no country in the
world can compete with our corn as to
quality or price. The soil and climate
of the United States produce a superior
growth of the grain, the cold winters
hardening it, aud the warm summers
bringing it to perfection. First rate
railway facilities aud a comparatively
short ocean voyage afford to the domes.
tic product a great advantage over corn
from the Argentine and India. Long
trips over seas through the heat OF the
tropics causes the grlin to "sweat" ald
deteriorate. An inferior grade Of corn
grown in Italy is consumed to consid-
cradle extent in that country. From
Southeastern Europe comes the corn OF
the Danube, a small variety, which is
preferred for chicken feed to the Amer
can, owing to the size of the grain. IL
T-aIo-d ao~o - tho farr, n ,,,,sb o. al
"stirabout," has beea slowly coming
into favor, and is largely used wien the
potato crop fails. The tuber is preferred
in times Of plenty, although corn is
cheaper and more nourisbiog. Ireland
to-day takes more corn as human food
than any other country IN Europe.
To illustrate the strength Of the pref
udice against cora in that part of the
world, mention may be made OF an
instance in the city Of Glasgow, where it
was proposed by member Of the poor.
house board to substitute maize for
costlier food in that institution. The
mere suggestion brought storm about
his ears, because Of his inhumaui!y in
thrusting upon defenceless paupers a
food which was only fit for pigs. Amer
ican canned goods OF all other kinds are
largely sold in Europe, but canned cora
is almost never seen there. III demand
for it could be created, it would mean
hundreds of thousands OF dollars yearly
TO the proprietors and workers on our
canneries. Agents OF the Department Of
Agriculture have been exhibiting the