The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 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 IntelliSencer.

Special to The IntelliSencer.
COLUMBIA, Jan A. That corn
grown in South Carolina is better
than western corn is the assertion
made by Commissioners 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
ries, unQuestionably 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
corn.
The food value of corn is measured
by he protein and lat content chiefly.
Western corn will average about the
following upon chemical analysis:
protein $50 per cent, fat 49O per
cent, fiber 2.5 per cent, carbohyd-
rates 70.1 per cent: moisture 9.95 per
cent. South Carolina corn will anal
lie on the average, as follows: pro-
tein 1925. fat 5.75 per cent, fiber ,2.5
per cent, Carbohydrates 70.2 per cent,
moisture 1886.
AS have said, moisture is the fun
|dame4tal trouble with all corn. Under
certain conditions of harvesting and
shipping the moisture in corn de-
va1Vanq fy1up1,C CrorpfI, L., xy,o
the corn. Some four poisonous fungi
have been identified. From the fungi
develop what is known as pehfeillfc
acid, and this is commonly referred
to as "acidity" and is measured in
cubic cehtimGters. Practically all South
iCarolina corn cured in the normal
way shows not more than from "a to
10 per Cent OF acidity.sIt is consider
"a that 80 per cent .s the danger point,
Properly cured western corn runs
about 13 to 18 per cent. Nearly all
western corn that reaches this State
either as corn or as meal carries very
close to 30 per ,cent Of aciiity, very
Tow lat content and excessive mofs-
ture, which invariably hastens the de-
terioration o.. the product. A large
portion carries much higher acidity
and then IT is conflscated and destroy
Cd a5 IL ia dangerous to both men
and beast. We have destroyed quanti-
ties, carrying from 60 to rs per cent,
and not infrequently encdinte in.
stances Of acidity as high as 80 or 80
per cent No home raised product
mas ever been found to contain over
80 Per cent of acidity and that only
III cases OF corn immature at hercesr.
AS q matter of fact South Carolina
corn ought 10 stand shipment and
merchandising better than the west
ern product and for food or feed ft ia
unQEestionably the best.
4 note that you say that In trysnr
TO market your home raised corn Won
cannot get anything like as much Of
rered Tor your corn as the wholesale
price Of western corn Though it Is
very pretty, clean corn 80
ThfS raises O question to which
this department Is now giving q IS
much concern saa to be criticized Tor
advancing useless preparations. -
However, ! cannot understand why.
you cannot get good price for good.
clean corn. 1t has been the case af..
ways that corn grown atx home has
commanded on the average 80 cents
o bushet more to the grower than the
western producer receives. II your
CoEH CoEH IL IN the proper shape for market
you ought to get the western whole
sale price plus the differences in the
freight. The trouble probably is that
you have offered corn to be handled
by distr tbuting houses, end this brings
The greatest difficulty we foresee
promtne emily 10 the front. The distribl
utinE house gets FITS western & corn.
properly shelled, with all the broken
grains, rotten ends and trash blown
out often kiln-driea to make Il.
stand shipment at all and sacked,
neatly In other words properly pre-.
pared for quiz 4 han ding ON the mar
kets without trouble or add ditionaie cost
orr loss ,of time. as we prepare our
cotton but no other prdtict.s In sdort.
Il has been sent through a. small eIes
yator with its equipment OF cleaning
and saenng Mac chinery. We have for-s
asen this ,necessit for the proper pre-,
parations OF oats and wheat as well nj
corn and realizing the position OF the.
man who must buy and distribute the,
grain and the abit OF otir. people, gto;
buy SOM thing Id s pret sack, box
ing all right though OF inferiorsauai.