Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-25

1 poans as rule bake bread only once or
twice week. Whea, and rye !oaves are
preferred cold. bat cold corn bread IS
nowhere regarded a. >5articdi1rly rala-
table.
| In the delta Of the Nile millions OF
bushels Of Indian corn are now Grown
but it IS used mainly a cattle food. IN
Italy small fields OF Indian cora are seen
| hut We have been told that this IS raised
| % be ground and mixed with the Hour
| Of other grains used In the manufacture OF
macar0n..
Mr. Murphy's efforts were first confined
TO the United Kingdom. where he met
with considerable success" especially at
the International Exhibition held at Edln-
| burgh. In 1880 Thousands were interested
IN his exhibit, which was considered by
many %nportant Europeans as worthy oil
their serious attention. The winter fo'-
| lowing Mr. Murphy repeated the same
exhibition IN the city OF Glasgow, ana
met with corresponding success"
| year after this he proceeded to Germany
| 10 press upon the military authorities. II
possible. the advsabi!ty OF using indiah
/ corn as a ration for the army The gram
! crop OF Germany was then short. ana the
press gave Nr Alurphys enterprise much
! ENCOURAGEMENT. but he states that ne hdu
10 contend with the prcjuiices Of centu-
rles among a people who considered our
Indian corn q food only Gt FOR animals.
However. after an investigation when
! lasted six months, a royal commission o.
cided that Indian corn was the best
cereal known for a mixture with ther
rye for the army Many prominent
papers throughout the German emp'1
advocated its use. and the eminent seen
list and prlyy counsellor of the emperor
Dr. Thlele. was ordered to give lecture
! in one OF the large worklngmen's halls
| I'm Berlin. where Mr. Murphy had cooked
and served to the people many varieties
Of orr corn as food Or Thiele strongly
advocated Us use as human food ana
among The many reasons that he gave
| fer its adoption was that by using
American corn in time OF snort crops
| the German people by 90 doing would be-
come indcpendent Of Russia for their
bread-stulfs" Mr.. Murphy, continuing
| his account, says:
But what | regard &c the Crowning sue
| cess OF the government was i's efforts III
| Scandinavia. a country which IS or has
| been but little travelled by our exporters
| who seem TO drop their onoris geheraIIF
With the middle of Europe. previous ~
the giving of the corn banquet by me
me
| Copeuhaaen. manufactured maize was not
ohtalnable I'm the kingdom Of Denmark.
Now. the travelled American. IN regard
20 his food, can find himself quite at home
| IN the Danish capital After fourteen
months OF hard labor nearly every va
rictv Of manufactured corn can be seen
displayed. ana Us sold IN the principal
shops. Also. california wines and fruits
American oysters. when in season. cram
berries. and other fruits.
Thirteen Of the largest brewerieS IN
Copenhacen now use our corn, ana brew
ly American methods. az several OF our
| larsc milling firms in America can TESTIFY
as 10 their very large shipments which
have been made into Denmark. where
previous 10 my work. they had not a
| foothold As time rolls on our exports
will increase but never decrease. re-
rret To say that Secretary Morton closed
the foreign work on January !, lNJ. on ac-
| count OF the scarcity and high price Of
our corn here. This regrettable clrcum-
stance Obliges me to withdraw from the
service which was ever cOngenial 70 ne.
and wherein / have used every honest
audeavor to make my work tell IN the
interest of American agriculture.
I must not close this Without making
especial mention Of belgium aid Hot
-. .g.Vf~ - 10 Nrr lfstsl Z
Department made excellent strides. IL
was my privilege TO ne appointed a dele
gate % the international Chemical con
eress. which assembled in brussels IN
August last. where delegates from rtarly
every important country la ,he Ncrm
were present. / being the Cny Ameri-
can. was asked 10 deliver lCctdrs on
the possibilities Of maize FOR human food
and brewing. which Vas VIII received
The seed has been FOwn on good ground
and for the small appropriations rade by
Congress Tor ,h.s Work. @ good harvest
has been reapei. This work | have In
one sense made my own. and shall re-
turn 90 London in the interest II nsri-
culture. and there locate my central Office
but shall travel into the various countries
of Europe where American products now
go. and where their sales can be in
creased.
IL is 10 be regretted that Nj Murphy
does not furnish the public with statistics
showing the quantity Of Indian corn sold
year by year in the countries where he
has lsbored.
1t seems clear to us that American
corn Will BE- in constantly-increasing de-
mand in Europe for use as cattle food,
and also for brewing purposes. Mixed
with rye or wheat -four. it may also grow
In favor for the table; but We imagine
that corn bread. pure and simple viii
not become popular there until the Euro
pean ahandous his fondnefs for the cold
loaf. and learns to love hot bread hot
corn bread. at any rate.