Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — EAT MORE CORN [ARTICLE]

EAT MORE CORN

The Most Effective Substitute for Wheat at Our Disposal. Ordinarily the quantity of corn produced in the United States is from three to four times the quantity of wheat, but only a very small portion of the crop—from 5 to 10 pbr cent—has been used for human food. This amount may be estimated in normal times at about 200,0110,000 bushels a year. Not over 5 per cent has been exported in peace times. A relatively slight increase in the corn acreage, therefore, will place many millions of bushels more of human food at the disposal of the world without interfering in any way with the feed needed for the support of live stock. In the past, with an abundance of/' grain of other kinds, corn has not been in great demand for human consumption. But with other grains no longer abundant, circumstances will compel more general recognition of the value of corn as human food. The department is urging strongly the wider use of corn in the "'diet. It is the best substitute for wheat that we have and 1 can be utilized in breads, mushes and a variety of other ways. We should make every effort to avail ourselves of it.—U. S. Department of Agriculture News Bulletin.