The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-02

Ihere was q Llm0 Wm6n II W86. y
common slogan In the Central West
Corn is King!" In Iowa and I'M
nois. especially, the price OF land
went soaring on the strength Of
money In corn. As we travelled
through these states, on either side
,ot the highway we could see little
else then corn and oat fields. and
the oats were raised largely because
they took the farmers time when ne
was not needed in the corn fields.
To-day when corn sells SO low as
not to pay for It's transportation
and is even being burned by some
andacious farmers, as cheaper thar
fuel, it will be interesting to ask
why this dethronement of KIM
Gorn?H
There was time. not manY- year
ago. when the horse was q highl-
respected animal. The larges. store
in the average town was 4 fee:'
store and the rendezvous for III the
farmers from the country, and all
the transients in town, was tbs IL,
cry stable. There were also mill
and elevators to buy and llandls
the corn. Nearly every householde,
had his COW and horse or two TO,
which he had to provide corn. al
this is changed: the auto and tn
garage has driven the stable. mil
and feed yard out OF town to
large extent and the householder h,.
exchanged "Old Lady" for a Lizzi
and fourfooted pet" for canned
Pet" He is too busy joyrtding 10
milk a cow. Besides chickens an,
pigs were kept In larger numbers
and 1t was not uncommon even for
the town farmer to butcher q hog
or two Tor the winter or even as-
vide butchered beef with his
neighbors. Now 1t the farmer can
not dispose Of his corn to q neighbor
he must use. 1t to fatten his own
stock or send 1t at a high freight
rate to Kansas City or St. Louis to
be reshipped to some community
where there is a scarcity.
Added to this limitation of the
home market for barn-yard stock
comes decrease in the use OF corn
in commercial and domestic CON
sumption. No man Is sorry that
corn licker" is no more-place the
emphasis on the word man." But
this has decreased to small extent
the demand for corn. Though this
market seems not to be wholly cut
Gf according to a label on some
North Carolina moonshine tina,
came into the hands of the Internal
Revenue Commissioner. This label
reads as follows:
Pure mountain Korn Ticker, bot
tied in barn made in the backwoo.,s
CT The mountains of western North
Carolina by an old time blOckadar
who don't give a dam for laws ard
prohibition. Retailed on the Ash
viii market by the high-class boot.
leggers for five bones per pint ana
worth every cent of it. Guaranteed
to be strong enough to make yor,
drunk as the devil in ten minuatcs
cnd mean enough to make a babr
huh frog spit in whales face.
Shake well and get ready to have
Il fit before drinking
Yet this never gave a big outlet
for the corn crop even when stills
were the most flourishing, though,
the compensation was big.
This leaves for discussion the
domestic use of corn. Corn has
about ceased to be an article of diet
to the American home. The little
corn used In c0rnstarch and break,
fast food $ too negligible to be con-
sidered. There was time when the
"co'n pone" and the Johnny Cake"
were respectable articles Of food
and mush and milk often made
complete supper Who shall say
that the boys and girls Of that era
were less husky" and happy than
now with our white -four dainties
and predigested breakfast foodsf
Some people still eat corn. how
ever More than 3.0O0OW bushels
of corn were bought the first OF
the year, by the purchasing commit
tee for Russian relief. Pigs eat
corn in America but people in Eur
ope. When old DR.. johnson. liter.
ary. Crank" Of England. defined
"oats" in his dictionary as q food
eaten by horses in England but by