The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-03-25
Must Be Induced to Eat Grain
That American Farmers
Offered as Gift.
OPEN new EXPORT MARKET
previous Attempts to Teach People Of
Old World That Corn Is a Health.
fuI and Appetizing Cereal
Have Resulted in Failure,

washington, d. C.,-Can Europe and
Asia be taught to eat corn?
mis- momentous question has been
raised again by the gift Of million
bushels Of corn which American farm
ers are sending to starving Europeans
and Chinese.
| You must know that in practically
40 country outside of the two Ameri-
cas- mas maize, or Indian corn, been
Used to any extent as human food. 1t
, nas been regarded as food for live
'lock only. The un-American world
mas simply never learned to eat corn
but now large sections of that world
Are starving. This would seem TO he q
most unusual opportunity to teach
europe and Asia to eat corn to the adj
vantage of all parties concerned.
europe would have a new food. and
America would have new export
market for its growing corn crop.
Last season this country produced
S,232 1861, 900 bushels of corn, consider.
ably more than the average for the
last five years., 760OOO,OOO. But the
Dig crop has not brought prosperity to
the mid-western farmers. Instead.
corn prices have fallen to less than
haif what they were last year and
many farmers have harvested their
corn at loss.
lllinoisan Suggested Gift.
In view OF these facts, young Illi-
nois farmer suggested the gift corn
project, which has grown to such pro-
portions. The offer was made to the
committees for relief in China and the
Near East. They considered the diff.
cultles OF transportation and decided
to try to overcome them by obtaining
donations OF money and help Some
money has already been collected and
tralnmen have offered their services
Tree in carrying the grain across coun-
try.
With this much of the WAYS and
means problem worked out, the cor.
Is beginning to be collected at rail-
road centers and the first cargo has
been shipped to Constantinople. An
attempt is to be made to keep track
OF Individual donations so that a report
"an be rendered to the giver, showing
when and by whom the corn was used
shipping corn is much more com
pilcated business than shipping wheat.
lhere is about II per cent water in
'orn and the moisture in the grain is
therefore apt to cause mold in the
course of lengthy transportation. Dam
age due to moisture has frequently
'een cause of complaint in the COM
small shipments of corn
which we have sent to Europe.
water can, however, be baked ont
" the corn by kiln drying process.
lfter which it will keep for much
onger time. This precaution is TO he
aiken before the gift corn is shipped
broad In the form Of meal, grits and
'ominy. Preparing the corn will
mean some delay, hut special ma.
hinery which would not be generally
abroad is needed. A first shin
nent is expected to reach China In
Ipril and 1t will then be ready for i'm
nediate consumption.
They Won't Reject Il.
AS distribution of the corn Is to be
ireety In the hands of relief com.
1ittees. no difficulty in getting the
eople to eat the corn is anticipated.
China, where thousands of people
ave been trying to live OH bark and
losses, there will be no caviling over
ne American corn being pigs food.
nd the committees believe that the
rain will be equally welcome In Ar
lenia anc Hungary. Corn was used
some extent In Austria during the
ar. Europe has never liked II very
auca however. and generally pre-