Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1918 — Fine Cotton Crop. [ARTICLE]

Fine Cotton Crop.

New Orleans, La.—Reports from practically every section of the South indicate .the yield cotton will be heavy this season. The staple selling at around 30 cents a pound in the seeding season stimulated planting, notwithstanding the fact that in many localities a plea was made for the pHnting of more food and feed crops.

Americansl Have we forgotten some of the best foods we once knew? Are you using hominy? Why not follow the example of our forefathers and use much of this good corn product? The first settlers of America learned from the Indians how to prepare the Indian corn for use. They removed the hulls from the dry grain by pounding it in a mortar with a pestle. The cracked corn they called by the Indian name “hominy.” Hominy became one of their staple foods without which they would often, have gone hungry. They cooked it in huge iron kettles hung over the blazing logs in the open fireplace. They also learned to remove the germ and hull from the corn by boiling the grain with lye and then washing thoroughly. They sometimes called this product “hulled corn” but it is now more often called “lye hominy.” There are several kinds of hominy on the market. If you do not know how good they are, try them and find, out, advises the United States department of agriculture. h?he coarse hominy, samp, or pearl hominy.—This is much like the hominy the pioneers used. The grain is split to remove the germ, hulled and polished by machinery. It is much used, particularly in the central and eastern states. It is worth using everywhere. The fine hominy or hominy grits.— This is made by grinding the coarse hominy. Grits are excellent served as a vegetable much as rice is used. Grits are also used in many parts of the country as a breakfast food. Lye hominy.—Lye hominy is made at home by many and also made commercially by boiling the grain in lye or potash until the germ will come out and then washing out the lye. In many places it may be bought in bulk, and is also sold canned. It may be dried for future use or canned at home. All varieties of hominy are good nourishing food. Like wheat, rice, and other cereals they give both body fuel and body-building material at a comparatively low price. Let them have a larger place in your diet.