The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-05
SOUTH CAROLINA
CORN IS BETTER
CARRIES MUCH BETTER
FOOD CONTENT THAN
WESTERN CORN
DUE TO THE
LONG SEASONS
Southern Corn Having a Better
Opportunity to Mature IN
the Field.
Special to The .Intellisrncer.

Special TO The IntelliSencer
COLUMBIA, Jan A. That corn
grown In South Carolina is better
than western corn Is the assertion
made by Commissioner e. J. Watson
who points out the value of properly
preparing the corn for market. In, a
letter to richland county man the
commissioner of agriculture says:
Il have yours of recent date max
Ing inquiry as to the comparative val
ue OF our home grown corn and corn
shipped into the State from the west.
Corn raised in South Carolina car
rtes unquestionably a much better
1000 content, on the average, than the
corn grown in the west This Is large
ly due to the longer season In the
south, and 1t is particularly true OF
the moisture content, Southern corn
having the better opportunity to ma
ture in the field, and moisture is of
vital consideration in the matter of
corn.
The food value Of corn is measured
by he protein and fat content chiefly.
Western corn will average about the
following upon chemical analysis:
protein $50 per cent, fat 4.90 per
cent, fiber 2.5 per cent, carbohyd-
rates 70l per cent; moisture 9.95 per
cent. South Carolina corn will anal
ize on. the average, as follows: pro-
fein 1925, fat 5.75 per cent, fiber 2.5
per cent, Carbohydrates 70.2 per cent,
moisture 7.95.
AS / have said. moisture is the fun.
damental trouble with all corn. Under
certain conditions of harvesting and
+shipping the moisture in corn n de-
yelops fungus growth in the heart of
the corn. Some four poisonous fungi
have been. identified. From the fungi
develop what is known, as penieillic
acid, and this sia commonly referred
70 as .i.acidity" and Is measured in
cubic centimeterea Practically all South
CAROLINA corn cured in the normal
way shows rot more thEn from 13 to
10 per cent Of acidity. 1t is consider
ed that 30 per cent is the danger ypoif,t..
Properly cured western corn runs
about IL to Ii per cent. Nearly all
western corn that reaches this State
either as corn or as meal carries very
close to 80 per cent of acidity, very
low fat content and excessive mois-,
ture. which Invariably hastens the de-
sertoration OF the product. A large
portion carries much higher acidity
and then 1t is ccnflscated and destroy.
ed as it is dangerous 10 iJotii men
and beast. We have destroyed ouanti-
ties carrying from so to 76 per cent,
ana not infreQuentlyi encd1nter In
stances or acidity as high as 80 or 80
per cen No home raised product
50 per cent of acidity and that only
tn cases OF corn immature AT harvest
AS q matter OF fact South Carolina
corn ought to stand shipment and
merchandising better than the west
ern product and Tor food or feed e IS
unquesti6nably the best.
note that you say that In trying
TO market your heme raised corn YOU
cannot get anything like as much of-
Tered for your corn as the wholesale
price OF western corn Though &c fs
very pretty, clean / orn. :,
TINS raises q question to which
thts department. ts now giving So
much concern as to be criticized for
advancing useless preparation. 2
However, cannot understand .ghy
You cannot get q good price for good.
clean corn. 1t has been the case az
ways that corn grown at home has
commanded on the average 80 cenrs
q bushel more TO the grower than the
western producer received II your
SySht SySSiht a ~ stuS proper shape ZOE market
you ought to get the western whole
sale price plus the difference In the
freight. The trouble probably is that
you have offered corn 10 he handled
BY distributing houses, ana this brings
the greatest difficulty we foresee
prominently to the front. The distrib.
Enting house gets IT'S western corn.
| properly shelled. with ali the broken
grains rotten ends and trash blown
cut often kiln-dried to make : Il
stand shipment at ali4e and sacked
neatly In other words properly pre-
lnsSed TOR quick handling on the mar
ket withcnt trouble or additional cest
pr loss OF tihie, as we prepare our
cetton, but no other pfaiict. In short,
| Sc has been sent through q small seles
yat0E, with its seiipments OF cleaning
ana sacking machinery We have for
Lseen thiha necessity for the proper pre-
paraticn Of oats aid sssii.s asf vel : :
corn, and, realizing the position OF the
man who must buy and distribute the
grain and the habit OF our people 10
buy sclnet thing In q pretty sack, look
ing Als right though be anferlaf atai-
lty, rather than a high grade home
|DrpdHct, We have dared to suerssf
even 70 the extent og being chsrRs6
with trying to seli nfnchinery. Is the
business e6salnunitie that they pro-
vide as spn4 as gossibia In moderate