El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
American Corn Crop Is Greatest S. Asset Frank Carpenter
Worth More than All Gold Mines of Alaska s Prank
Food Value Crop Sufficient Keep World
Starving; Aid in the
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Frank G. Carpenter
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time corn was selling for something like
20 cents per bushel in some parts OF the
west and IL had fallen 50 low that there
were places along the Missouri river where
the people burned IL in their stoves, find
ing e cheaper than coal
Col. Murphy gave lectures before the
National Agricultural society Of France
he preached corn in Russia, and he very
mich interested the kaiser. who had
shortly before come 10 the throne. and
was already schemius As 20 how he could
conquer the world
Is Tried on German Soldiers.
I met Col. Murphy during my stay il
Berlin and went about with him One day
he sent a delicious pound cake made Of
corn meal 70 my hotel, and I also tasted
the mixture OF rye and corn meal which
was being made into a bread for the SOL
diers. Col. Murphy told me that the gov
eminent chemists and bakers were testing
the flour. and that they had produced n
bread made OF one third corn and two
thirds rye which was success This
bread tasted about the same as rye bresd
and some Of the German soldiers we're fed
eight days upon q before they realized
that they were eating anything else than
a bread OF pure rye After they learned
that the bread contained corn they OBJ
jscted. but not before This bread vas
also tested I'm the prisons. where the Ger
mar scientists figured CUT its strength
producing powers in comparison with rye
All the grain used at that time was
ground IN the mills Of the imperial gov
eminent ana tho bread was made under
the eyes Of the government officials COL
Murphy told m that IL was much more
digestible than rye bread. and ne helievea
then that t. would be eventually adopted
a foodstulf over Gerna ny He SAID
that the chief trouble he had in intrOd nc
ing corn flour vas the fact that the Ger
mans did their baking only once s week
and that the corn flour would not l-rcn
that long on account Of the oil IN IT, Hr
solved this problem by cutting out the
a Ia nH# % h.. Of
a deg~rminatiuE machine. This he found
made tho corn flour as free from OIL a=
rye flour and fitted IL for making the
finest OF white bread and 20 all sorts
Of the bakers were using such corn meal
for cake baking. advertising the nroCl--
as made Of wheat flour
The German government was also *
perimeuting on corn as a food for the
cavalry horses Al that time the army
horse was cousid cred more important rha
now. and the kaiser had coucocted q con
deused horse food for the cavalry on che
match am not sure how much corn
meal this contained. hut It was conra1-
tratcd mixture which had so much nutri-
mert that q man could carry IN his
pocket a sufficient number OF balls made
Of st 20 feed horse for a week. and TO
enable Il TO march that long without other
food All such foods were kept secret.
and the same ia true of the foods used
in Germany today. In 1870 the army which
a
sausage which formed . first class food
and OF which the rest OF Europe had not
learned prior 10 that time.
Tried to Make Corn Popular
r was Col Murphy's idea 20 make corn
meal - common IN Europe as wheat flou-
and rye flour are now. he wanted 10 re-
-hat market for his corn crop. and the
same market IS open TO-DAY II the mill
ions OF Europe could be taught 20 eat corn
meal it would add greatly 20 the value Of
American corr. and the crop would be
worth hundreds OF millions Of dollars per
year more than = e now Col Murphy had
prepared a recipe book showing several
hundred ways IN which corn could be used
as human food IN place II wheat and re.
and with these he demonstrated the value
OF the cereal 20 the people OF Europe He
gave me a copy OF the book. which now
lies before ne II has directions for max
ms a hundred or more dishes Of com meal.
The recipes are from different parts o.
rhe union Many are from New England
and many from the zouth. which toda~
is the chief corn eating section or the
country. The southern recipes include hoe
cakes. ash cakes. corn poues and dodEers
one recipe IS headed Iowa Waffles.T an
other illinois Corn Mullins" and a third
Georgia Corn Dodgers" There are also
many recipes for corn bread. corn rud-
dings and cake OF various kinds used a=
desserts. Some n the recipes require onl--
water, salt and corn meal ard 51-1. AXE
mere or less fats or other inErediau-
The national department OF agriculture
has recently published = COOK book cs TO
the use q corn and com meal This p-oH-