The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-02
j. c. MOhler Says 1t Can Be
Mixed With Wheat.
He Will Urge Kansas Farmers
to Plant More Corn.
EXPERIMENTS SUCCESSFUL
Aid of Bakers Has Been Enlist
ed i'm Making Tests.
White Corn Is Necessary to
Meet Market Demands.

Kansas white corn products viii
comprise one of the premier factors
in the world offensive against this
winters impending food shortage. j.
c. Mohler, secretary of the state board
of agriculture and secretary of the
state defense council. is making a
thoro investigation of the possibilities
of mixing white corn flour with wheat
flour to make bread and similar prod
ucts. Substitution of white corn prod
ucts for wheat products is also being
investigated with favorable results. A
state bulletin urging farmers to devote
as much acreage as possible to raising
white corn exclusively instead of the
other varieties will be issued by
Mohler in a short time.
Since development of the crisis in
the wheat shortage and the partia!
failure of the Kansas crop the
use of white corn flour has been
brought before Mohler and other
members of the defense council in
numerous forms. The Kansas secre
tary, in the last few days, has re-
tional association of white corn mill
lers urging him to get behind the
campaign that he is now seriously
contemplating. 1t is the national as
sociation's idea to mix the corn flour
with wheat flour, thereby relieving
the shortage pressure of the latter, as
is being done in France, England and
Germany.
Successful in Europe.
France and England especially are
adopting the policy, according to the
association France, in the manufac-
ture of bread, is mixing wheat flour
with 5 per cent of white corn flour.
The per cent being used in bread
making in England is also large. In
one letter, the association asserted
that the demand for white corn flour
due to greatly increased consumption
in Europe, has increased $4,000 tons
a month.
In view of the possibilities outlired
by the/National Millers' association
and others, Mohler has taken the mat
ter up extensively and is causing ex-
periments to be made with the prod
ucts in all parts of Kansas Aid of
bakeries in Topeka, Wichita and other
large Kansas cities have been enli.ted
and they are now experimenting with
the mixing Of the flours. and with va
rious white corn products. The results
have been SO favorable that the state
has decided to go ahead with the cam
pa1gn urging more extensive produce
ton OF the white variety of corn.
Effect of the su Institution of the
white corn products for wheat pro-
ducts as outlined by MohIer and 9TH
er members of the defense commission
will be drastic in relieving the wheat
shortage. White corn is used extern
sively in manufacturing of hominy.
To a great extent, Kansas will sub
stitute hominy and other corn pro-
ducts for wheat products on the break
fast table this winter.
Corn Cakes Popular.
Corn cakes are scheduled to take the
place of wheat cakes. Breakfast foods
made from corn will take the place
of wheat foods. The substitution will
be sweeping and cornbread will be
forced again into favor. Not only will
the condition prevail thruout Kansas
but thruout the nation and the world,
as other states in the corn belt are
getting behind the idea.
Plans were being made by the
state defense council today to add fur
Their distinction to the patriotism of
school boys who are modifying the
work on farms and help in enlarging
the foodstuff production for this win
ter. 1t was announced today that the
Kansas body will confer nth the fed
era1 government and urge the latter
to issue buttons and badges to be
worn only by boys who volunteer for
farm work. The badges will be dis
tributed, if issued, thru the state coun-
& lis.