The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-27
GREAT ExPosTTToN
OF CORN OPENS
TO-DAY IN COLUMBIA

Columbia, the proud capital of the
P Paine state is en- +h fetg t9da iyen IN
entail member of the tribe Phalar1dae,
of the well known family of Gram
ineae. Translated into plain English,
this means that the South Carolina
city is the scene of the inaugural to-
day Of the fifth National Corn EXPOSE
ton. This is the first time such
State. The first of these great an
nual exhibitions of the National Corn
Association was held in Chicago, in
1907; the second and third in Omaha,
and the fourth in Columbus, o. Ag-
ricuIture also plays an important part
States will have educational exhibits,
and will demonstrate experim entail
work, while there will be competitive
exhibits selected by contests of the
corn growers in about thirty States.
The United States Department of Ag-
ricuItur ea1so plays important part
in these annual displays
Everybody on this side of the At
Iantic will understand that the Corn
Exposition deals with Indian Maize
yea Mays. to give it its Latin name
although properly the name corn
applies to wheat, barley, and all
small grains, and the word is so I'M
derstood by our English cousins A
thousand and. one uses for corn, many
of them undreamed of a few years
ago, have been discovered, and will be
AS an article of food, for humans as
well as hogs, horses and cattle, the
use of maize has increased amazingly
in recent years. Although rich in
nitrogenous matter and fat" says a
writer in an English encyclopedia.
tfmaize does not make good bread. -
Certainly the author of that remark
able sta tenent has never visited the
country south of Masons and Dixon's
line, else he would have discovered
that bread reaches the apotheos1s OF
delfciousriess, and becomes a food fit
for the gods, in the "cawn pone'' of
the negro nanny And what is
better than corn pancakes, covered
with corn syrup? AS a substitute for
olive oil, and for cooking purposes,
the oil of corn has been found use
full Uses have been found for nearly
every part of the maize plant. The
stalks are used as FODDER, the cobs
as fuel, or ground as feed for stock,
or in the manufacture of the pipes
celebrated as Missouri n1eerschauns. .
In Mexico and America the
husks enclose the delicious tamales,
and are also used as wrappers for eli
garettes.
corn countries, the 1911 crop having
been 1851. ass, 600 bushels. The big
gest corn crop in the historp of the
United States was in 1906, when the
total production was 1927, 416,091 bush
els. Illinois leads the list of States,
with Iowa a close second; Canada
plays a minor role in maize produc-
ton Of the Iatin-American repub-
lies, only Mexico and Argentina add
much to the worlds corn supply.
Austria-Hungary is the leading corn
growing country of Europe, with a
crop of over 240, 600, 900 bushels in 1910.
while Roumania comes second and
Italy third. Last year Egypt pro
Corn growing has made little progress
in Australia, the last crop totaling
about 1000, 600 bushels. The total
annual corn production of the world
is now well over 1000, 600. 900 bushels.
Some writer's allege that maize was
known in Asia and parts of Africa
and Europe long before the discovery
of America but Humboldt and others
declare it originated solely in America.
'+Turkey-corne-' and "Corne of Asia
were described by Gerard in 1897, and
seems to have been similar to the
maize which, at the period of discov-
cry, had been long and extensively
cultiva ted by the Indians of the New
World.