Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1917 — Experiment on Barley as Wheat Substitute [ARTICLE]

Experiment on Barley as Wheat Substitute

Madison, Wts. —Barley muffins, barley bread, barley breakfast food and barley cakes may become as common on our -tables as white bread, graham muffins and oatmeal, according to the results of experiments now being carried on by the war research committee of the home economics department of the University of Wisconsin. In seeking cereals to relieve the wheat shortage the department found that the food and commercial value of barley made it advisable to begin research along lines that would conserve the barley industry of Wisconsin, while ,at the same time bringing about economical results for the housewife. Wisconsin, according to recent statistics, produces oneeighth of the barley crop in the United States.