The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

Will come unless America puts forth all her ener-
gies to supply them.
But 1t is most essential to feed America first.
Even now large class of our people feeling
the weight of food shortage. Food riots and par
tial famine are threatened by crop failure In the
United States. So 1t is up to the American farmer
to do his best
Many conditions have contributed to bring about
the situation in which there are hunger riots in n
land so rich naturally. Much Of the shortage of
food is primarily due to costly habits of eating
which for many decades have been holding all
classes in their clutch. The time is at hand when
the nation will appreciate the many valuable ar
ucles which before Columbus came the Indians
were developing There are many food products
native to the Western world which have been unac-
countaby neglected.
The most striking examples of unused value In
foods Is the corn crop. Every other nation In the
world Is eager for American corn, and yet this
cheap and highly nutritious cereal is neglected in
the land which is its main of supply. What
wheat to the armies of old corn could be to
the forces of the United States
The legions Of Hannibal and of Caesar SUBJ
sisted on the whole wheat Gaul's conqueror in his
"Commentares' tells how soldiers chewed fru-
mentum they marched To this day Roman and
Punic skeletons unearthed on the old battle
fields of Europe and the skulls are firm and hard
because of the valuable salts and BODYBUILDING
constituents which came from the wheaton diet Of
the ancient sodiery.
Corn is no less valuable as a builder Of brave
and sturdy The favorite ration Of Dayy
Crockett parched and ground corn which he
carried with him into the depths of the forest 1t
was saying of his that If had gun and
ten pounds of parched he could easily live a
year. His diet a trick learned from the In
dans, who were able to withstand the fatigues Of
warpath and hunting trail because of this simple
and quickly assimated food. The corn rich in
starch and protein, parched until 1t was made
quickly digestible mixed with water A cup
full of this most simple of all the elixrs had the
Mi tly
body.
The government of the United States urges upon
the people OF this country that least one-fourth
part of cornmeal be added to wheaton flour in the
making of bread As matter of fact corn has
been used In the form of a fine flour for centuries
by various tribes Of Indians and when well enough
ground 1t Is fully palatable as the wheaton
product.
The coarse cornmeal bears little resemblance to
the mpalpable powder of corn which the primitive
races Of this continent made by grinding between
stones and that by hand. The outer covering of
the kernels is scraped off after soaking them in
hot water to which a little lye has been added
This -four is mixed with water at times and the
white liquid resulting Is quaffed with much RELISH
It Is emergency ration of the highest food value
Whittier has sung the praises of the dish of
samp and milk by homespun beauty poured The
hominy block In the time of Daniel Boone was an
adjunct of the cabin of every settler 1t stood at
the edge of cearngs mark of the diet to
which those stecl-thewed pioneers looked for
strength.
The johnnycake and the corn pone of the
hardy mountaineers Of the South bear abundant
testimony to the bodybuilding qualities Of the
staple from which they derived.
Corn enters into the composition Of patent break