Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-21
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BY DR.. Herman E. Martin Chiropractor.


In the United States corn is by far
the most important cereal and is az
tracing more attention throughout
$ the world today than ever before.
{ since it was discovered by Column
bus growing ip America by the Ameri-
can Indians. The corn crop of the
z United States has attained magni-
s tude which makes it more'th double
I in quantity than any other single
s. cereal crop of this or any other ma
Z ton of the world. The corn crop OF
the U. S. in 1909 was 2,772,376 900
~ bushels. The wheat crop of the U.
sieze%' S. ino19o9 including spring and winter
tssA wheat vase 737,1s900Q bushels or
sss more than 8 11-2l times less than the
boz corn crop Corn is often the staple
zae'a cereal food ard the principal article
rau OF dit TOR the poor people in Egypt,
~ I Italy, Mexico, Central and South
America. The famine stricken dis
III trict of India subsists principally on
ass's this cereal Corn may be prepared
R7a1 for the table in a great variety Of
BIS WAYS and is one of the most import
ff ant cereal foods from the standpoint
fld0aof opalatability,t inutritiye value and
sarla ACCESSIBILITY. il-a< aaatq -
alsM The principal corn producing states
So 81 are Illinois, Iowa. Missouri Indiana
&C., Kansas. Nebraska and South Dakota.
The possibilities Of corn is only DE-
ginning to be understood About ~
years ago when corn delivered to the
elevators in Western Iowa sold at
the price of ten cents per bushel, its
=. chief value at that time was consider
EIDE. only as food for man and domes-
tic animals and the making of whis-
key. alcohol, and starch. Corn is now
~ utilized in the preparation OF hun
- dreds of different articles and Is OF
great Importance not alone to the fafr
mers and stockmen but to the glu-
.cose factories and the manufactures.
;. A large part of the corn crop is
a. Consumed on the farm as the farmer
=, finds it more profitable to turn their
- a54corn into meat before exporting than
~, to export it in the natural state and
nj 5 the consumer gets it in the form OF
ne -es pork, beef, mutton, and poultry. Ihe
,,ssi need of manufactured goods mas mad
o,s a tremendous influence on agricultur-
aG ae.al practices. Farming properly enus
e7Ata at the factory door. With sharp COM
a. =espetition, the increase OF population
~ a. the utilization of waste products IA
hnfa manufacture has become very import
DC {. CANT. Science has found use for eV-
-baes erything, everything must be saved
n0oefThe various parts of kernel OF corn
aa3ftis turned into a multitude OF pr }
.ifsf ducts. "A part of the kernel OF corn
G0ee. that at one time was thrown away Is
Yllo now used for various purposes in the
d0ef manufacture of the finest quality OF
oooi paper. g-.@ a5s
BON ,flAnother part of the kernel go's
CT O. abroad to Japan where it is manufac-
00st tured into the finest Quality OF orient
-fl,eog al tapestry.
aa g. The germ constitutes only abon
Is ye one-tenth of the weight OF the
-.f,z7 kernel. About four-fifths of the CO.
a. s,Fs tire oil of the kernel resides - the
o.. - germ. Corn oil is used for table pur-
poses in variety of ways; as a SALAD
ALL. substitute for olive oil, sub
etitute for butter, etc. Corn OIL Is
used in a process connected with the
or manufacture of tobacco. It Is also
used in the manufacture of soaps
>. ypaints, varnishes and salyes. Vu.-
canized corn oil, or corn rubber as
alass It is called, is made b. submitting
~ corn oil to vulcanizng process
which solidifies it and gives 1t the
same appearance and odor as India
rubber Corn rubber is the only sat
ss.ss,xr,. isfactory substitute for India rubber,
although it is not so durable as the
apure India rubber. Corn rubber il
used in the manufacture of rubber
tires, door mats, rubber boots, and
IA SHOES linplelms. etc. Corn oil is
Spracticaily an American product and
IS exported in considerable quantities
to Europe. In 1905. 71.s72 barrels
went aboard. The cake remaining at
3ter the remoysl of the gill ID also al
sSssarticie4 81 sexport Is foreign countrie:
for the feeding of live stock and !,
l. s,alsa used for the same. syrup. yer!
Il ~ heasy. transparent. and without fla
vor. Most all the corn syrup on. thu
market contains more than ninety pc
. cent glucose, a small per cent of fla
'voring extracts and cane syrup i
.,dsfausad to give color and flavor. Glu
case is not only used in the manu-
flo