Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-06-07

win come unless America puts forth all her ener-
gies to supply them.
But it is most essential to feed America first.
Even now Il large class of our people are feeling
the weight of food shortage, Food riots and par
tial famine are Threatened ny crop failure in the
United States. SO it is up to the American farmer
to do his best.
Many conditions have contributed to bring about
1.-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
ticles which before Columbus came the Indians
were developing. There are many food products
native to the Western world which have been unac-
c%ountably 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 ami highly nutritious cereal is neglected in
the land which is its main source of supply. What
wheat was to the armies Of old. corn could be to
the forces OF the United States.
The lecions of Hannibal and of Caesar sub
listed on the whole wheat; Gaul's conqueror in his
Commentaries" tells how soldiers chcwed fru-
mentum as they marched. To this day Roman and
runic skeletons are unearthed on the old battle.
fields rf Europe and the skulls are firm and h"r,i
because y the valuable salts and BODYBUILDING
constituents which came from the wheaton diet of
the ancient sOIdiefy.
Corn is no less valuable as Il builder of brave
and sturdy men. The favorlte ration of Davy
Crockett WIS rnrched and ground corn, which he
carried with dim into the depths Of the forest. 1t
was n saying of his that II a man had n gun and
ten po..is of parched corn he could easily live n
year. His diet was II trick learned from the In
dams. who were able to withstand the fHtigueS of
warpath and hunting trail because Of this simple
and quickly aSsimilated food. The corn, rich in
starch and protein, parched until 1t was made
quickly diccstible. was mixed with water. a cup.
ful 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-fourth
part of cornmeal he added to wheaton flour In the
making of bread. AS n matter of fact, corn has
been used In the form Of a fine -four for centuries
by various tribes of Indians, and when well enough
ground it Is fully as pnlntable MS the wheaton
product.
The coarse cornmeal bears little resemblance to
the impalpable 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 scrapcd or aftsr soaking them in
hot water TO which a little lyc has been added.
This -four Is mixed with water ut times. md the
white liquid resulting is 1uaffed with much relish.
. II Il an emergency ration Of the highest food value,
Whittier has sung the praises Of the dish of
samp and milk by homcspun beauty poured. The
! honiny block IN the time Of Daniel Boone was an
lndtanct Of the cabin Of every settler. 1t stood n,
the edge of ~clearings MS n mark Of the diet ia
which those stccl.thewed pioneers looked for
strength.
The ;ohnnycnke nnfl the corn rone Of the
hnrly m0untnineers Of the South bear abundant
testimony to the bodybuilding qualities Of the
, simple from which they nre derived.
! Corn enters into the composition Of patent break