New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
d NEW FOOU CEREAL.
THE POSSIBILITIES OF KAFFIR CORN.
From The st. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Garden.

From The ST. Louis Globe e-Democrat.
Inc question oI successful farming in the semi
arlA reeIOnS VI the great Nes. - sOVed at ids..
corn, h.sl oduCcd -AIneI .cdn
conllent IRON .ne haInr county in AIr4.a iess
tt-.i decade since, stiIi aA unhno"n pIOdGct
~ i.ine-tenths o. the peop'e of tne Lmte4 o'd'es
~ p.anted mere and lAeTe Il CdIlJsi,!, it
Iounu - grow reauliy .ocan..vs ana
unuer cOnd!tioIl- ana eXpernents ueveiVped tHe
Iact that Al wouu mature d cvlup IA Tue u.lrst anu
hottest the hgn " estein pIaAs. \
more eXtenued planting ot lac new gram ana COM
pdrison results oDLineu soon developed the lact
mat wnetner season ury, cooi Vr
mo-. Ions Ur snOft ,n.s new ploduee wVdid tnrlve
h.nGs Ci soils mltn tne inin.inuTn oG care and
cuIlvd,Ion anu pidn,ed any unie between the
Inst April and the middle of Juiy wod.d ma
tue an absolutely suie crop or grain ana IOQucr
Dclore the IrVots OF autumn.
me staik looms sonle""A, like single shoot of
cominon com. Ou. snOrter, attaining a neignt
usdaIIy OF Ilom Az 10 feet. ana nd,Ing poln,eL
ic.,es d rcn :. cen co.or Ine gram forms IA
ne..d at the eAuele point or the snJo, wnere the
Is on Orulndry corn, the nedds Delns from
seven to twelve inches al lehs IN anu eisnt
l.. circumference, aha Mnen rpe look AXE great
wh!tc red piuines.
Inc gtans are Almost round. a little larger than
a kINin rice ana inucn resemDInS 5rdin o1
wnCdt III Inlcrlor structure.
Inere va4le,.es red and white. the latter
beIns the id"orite crop. Inouen raised as ali eX-
pertinent here and there tnro.enout me West Tor
several years, It was not unt. tAe present year
tnat IL became IA prominent crop. Wnen the
urouth oil last spr.ne klncd the wheat oAts
anu seemed almost CERTAIN 10 rum tne corn,
few VINO ndI nau experience with the new
Grain Desan II advise tnrir neIshDOIs TO pant
MANI cUrn, as /. "ould grow all risnt in dry
"eather ANA the! couii mus at east raise iced
fOr tneIr sock Ine newspapers look up the ad-
ana soon farmers wee planting hdiilr corn
ut..zlns tne ground where wheat ana oats nad
iaIled painting on sod or scattered patches where
cary corn ndu ueen burned out.
painting continued until well along in
AuSds,, the acreage being III many sectons greater
THAI tnat ever devoted ~ SlnSe crop. IN Okia-
nUlna aIone near.y MY tDousdnd acres were
planned Win the new crop. Ana every gram Ot IL
llanteI sTtW ana thrlNcu TO maturity, ana before
me sum.ncr Was over the farmers began to Won
der wnat t.ey would do win IL ali. 1hey knew 1t
4 good iced stock, Dut there
enough IN the IcrIItOry 10 consume II,
pIO.uct was yet new tnat IL was recOs
nI1eu odtslqe markets.
I.kpeiItnce ndd already CeyeiOpei the fact that
1t made most admirable Ieru, either TO winter
STOCK or fatten tnem ior ilArnet, put with an
abundance OF the gram on mana, Oalinoma farmers
eitAor corn or odu, mahng tnem lat ana stout
giving them d slcek, 6Iussy appearance.
When IL came 10 feedlng hOgs 1t found that
they gained nesh more Rapidly tnan when Ied on
gram admirable prouucer. ana when
FED untnrasned the fowls are sIVen exercise IN PICK
ing from the head.
he boys and girs soon discovered that IL would
large, wh.te and t5Lder. ana women IN the country
found tnat boiled like rice the grain was excellent
eaten Wiin cream ami sugar. that mashed INTO a
puppy . made admirable pudalo. and If
ollll the qdanuty produced was SO great that the
people continued 20 wonner what tney would do
II.
me owner OF the roller mills at Medicine Lodqa
Kan. some OF the grain through his corn meai
sI.nder. anu produced ii meal pronounced In every
way equal to the ordinary cOInmeal. but ne was
not content with this. out rgsed up special set
or burrs and produced a new product that BIDS
ia.r - croate revolution In tne worlds breaa-
stuns-Kaiiir -four
Some OF this -four made into light bread
Tie bread was fully as white bread made from
second grade wheat flour, and sweet and PAL