The Raymer enterprise., 1917-06-07

will come unless America puts forth all her ener.
gies to supply them
=. But 1t is most essential to feed America first
Even now o large class of our people are feeling
the weight Of food shortage. Food riots and par
tinl 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 A
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
hces which before Columbus came the Indians
were developing. There are many food products
native 10 the Western world which have been unac-
countahy 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 vet this
cheap and highly nutritious cereal is neglected In
the land which Is It's main source of supply. What
wheat 10 the armies of old corn could be to
the forces of the United States.
The terions Of Hannibal and of Caesar sub
sisted on the whole wheat; Gau's conqneror in his
Commentaries tells how soldiers chewed fru.
mentum as they marched. To this day Roman and
Punc skeletons unearhed 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 soldery.
Corn is no less valuable as builder of brave
and sturdy men. The favorte ration OF Dayy
Crockett was rarched and ground corn, which he
carried with him into the depths of the forest II
was a saying Of his that II man had n gun and
ten pounds Of parched corn he could easily live a
year. His diet was trick learned from the In.
EliaFu st,. atRT1 ,4I.la
warpath and hunting trail because Of this simple
and quickly assmilated food. The corn, rich In
starch and protein, parched until II was made
quickly dlgestible, was mixed with water A cup
full Of this most simple of all the elixirs had the
effect of almost instantly Strengthening the tired
body.
The government Of the United States urges upon
the people Of this country that at least one-fourh
part Of cornmeal be added to wheaton -four In the
making os bread. As a matter Of fact corn has
been used in the form OF fine flour for centuries
by various tribes of Indians and when well enough
ground II is fully us palaable as the wheaton
product
The coarse eornmeal bears little resemblance to
the impalpnble 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 seraped of after soaking them In
hot water to which little Iye has been added.
This flour is mixed with water at times, and the
white liquid resulting is quaffed with mrch relish
1t 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
.ominy block In the time of Daniel Boone was an
adjunct of the cabin of every settler II stood at
the edge Of clearings as a mark OF the diet to
which those etecl-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 are derived
Corn enters into the composition Of patent break