Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-07
WONDERFUL CORN
AND BlACKEYE PEAS

/ 10 the Agricultural Editor.
beg to supplement- the advice OF
NirGinia's Commissioner of Agriculture
to the farmers. lie states that corn
can he substituted for bread. and we
. think il can we'll DC rhe rcna rk :
able ancient civilizations OF Peru and
Mexico were built entirely on our In
dian corn. and IL is from them that
we derived it Coru-ca,inG people are
free Grom tuberculosis and insanity Il
contains the typical protcid Zcin. like
It's Tat. Is peculiar. and IL is more
diGestiblc than wheat. Its ease OF di-
Gestion IS comparable with rice. and
Its varieties arc very numerous. a
grain may he as large as ones thumb
Encourage cultivation OF the Irish Po-
ta;o which is riEht-hut il is a rath-
cr poor substitute for rightly made
-four. or the proper kind OF corn
meal /, is most likely that within a
short time the people in the United
states will, per force. hc eating rightly
made flour. 1t viii not be so white
To-day eighty direct milling products
can be made from wheat and we are
eating the least useful
The good of the Irish potato ia
usually lost in its preparation for the
table. rcalcd. and washed. the most
OF its virtues are gone. Dr.. Erady'S
advice that the Irish potato skin be
Is excellent. The heat OF cooking rem
dcrs tho pcalinC pure.
l. note that the Kaiser eats tho no
tato in its Jacket" Before the baked
potato is removed from the stove. a
few pcrtorations should he made into
il 80 a TO lot out the steam. as it CON
tains 1S.S per cent OF water. 1t should
he mcaiy. That morning glory of
plants. the sweet potato. should be
more largely produced. far more valu-
able than the Irish potato. the diff
hculty is TO store 1t.
The Irish potato belongs 10 the most
poisonous class OF plants. Yet, S used.
they do not contain enough poison.
solanin. TO affect, hi; sometimes the
little new potato causes trouble.
The nu;ritional value OF the Irish
potato about equals that Of the banana.
and one can be very we'll substituted
for the othcr-hoth are always in sea-
according 20 Drs. Meyers and
Rose, OF tho Department; Of Lahora-
tories, New York.
Too much cannot he written of the
cowpsa. known IN Virginia as the
blackeyc pea WiGna caipa0s>. Its
seeds were imported from China or
India
one Of Richmonds seedzmen advcr-
tiscd FIVE varieties--as the Extra Early
BLACK. etc.
Mary II. Abel. perhaps Northern
woman, writing about il in the bulletin
% the national government. No. l2l,
says: 1t has distinctive and agree
able favor.
We thoroughly agree with her. l,
is to hc found on the tables OF the
ars,-class hotels in New YORK. Raked
IN the form % a pudding for dinner.
wiki few slices OF breakfast bacon
on its dark. dry tor. II i delightful
II should De specially noted that the
hlacEeye pea IS a vegetable meat and
bread Il lacks only 4.5 Of protein 10
be equal with cheese, In Richmond
during the War Between the states
Flour went UP TO $1,000 a barrel! on
evacuation day ! saw an old ,ady at
n" CAPITOL gate, by the old Fell
House. trying 10 roll barrel OF four
up Ninth street. The temptation was
too great for negro buck and he
rolled the barrel for himself Doubt
less both q these persons desired a
change from pea soup. Commodore
Maury stated in the Southern his,orl-
cal papers that but for the large Ger
man population in the Northwest,
there would not have been ? War
Between the states, so il would be a
repetition % history IL the Richmond
reop.e are 10 go on 4 modified diet
through the Germans The hlackcvc
P'" VIII E'"" III 4 poor SOL, IS. indeed,
cultivated for tho enrichment OF soil
The cornsialk becomes its pole IL Is
eaten green or dried. y Confederate
soldier sat by his sweetheart and was
seized with slight indigestion, hut no,
the nervous kim He had hastily
dircd on pea sour. and tho peas com
menccd 10 eye each other in his intes-
tines or 10 otherwise misbchave. lie
laconicaily enjoincd
"Pcasc. he Still.'
THOMAS r. EVANS
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