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

Special TO The Intellikencer.
COLUMBIA, Jan A. That corn
grown I'm 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. IT a
letter to q richland county man the
commissioner of agriculture says:
Il have yours of recent date max
ing inquiry as to the comparative val
ne OF our home grown corn and corn
shipped into the State from the west.
Corn raised in South Carolina car
ries unquestionably a much better
food 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
corr.
The food value of corr Is measured
by he protein and fat content chiefly.
Western corn will average about the
following upon chemical analysis:
protein $50 per cent, fat $50 per
cent. fiber rs per cent, carbohyd-
rates 70.l per cent; moisture 9.95 per
cent. South Carolina corn will anal
.ize op the average, as follows: pro-
tein 1923, fat SIS per cent, fiber 2.5
per cent, Carbohydrates 70.2 per cen
moisture 7.95.
As l have said, moisture is the fun
.damental trouble with all corn. Under
certain conditions of harvesting and
shipping the moisture in corn 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 is commonly referred
to as "acidity''. and is measured in
cubic centimeters. Practically all South
Carolina corn cured in the normal
way shows not more than from Is TO
10 per cent of acidity. II is consider
ed that 80 per cent Is the danger point.
Properly cured western corn runs
about 13 to Is per. cent. Nearly all
western corn that reaches this State
either as corn or as meal carries very
close to 80 per cent ct acidity, very
low fat content. and excessive mois-
tire, which invariably hastens the de-
terieration Of the product. large
portion carries much higher acidity
and then 1t is confiscated and Destroy
go as 1t is dangerous to both men
and beast, We have destroyed quantt-
ties carrying from 60 to rs per cent.
aud not infrequently ened1nter in
stances OF acidity as high as so or 90
per cent No home raised product
has ever been found to contain over
80 per cent OF acidity and that only
In cases of corn immature at harvest.
AS a matter of fact South Carolina
corn ought TO stand shipment and
merchandising better than the west
ern product and for food or feed IL is
unquestionably the best.
] note that o say that In trying
TO market your home raised corn you
cannot get anything like as much Of
for yeur corn ~ the wholesale
price OF western corn Though It n
very pretty. clean corn"
This raises a question 10 which
this department is now giving SO.
much concern az to be criticized for
advancing useless preparatIons..
However, ! cannot understand why
You cannot get. q good price for good,
clean corn. u has been the case al
ways that corn grown at home has
commanded on the average 80 cents
q she more To the grower than the
western producer receives. II your
corn is in the proper shape for market
you ought TO get the western whole
sale price plus the difference In the
freight. The trouble probably Is that
yon have offered corn to be handIe.
by distributing houses, and this brings
the greatest difficulty we foresae
* ominently to the front. The distrib-
Gafng house gets It's western corn.
pronerlv sheilai. with all the broken
grains. retfen ends and traah Blown.
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