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-Maize : 



by the use of fat meats. The ranchmen and swine-growers 

 convert a large part of the product of the soil into the fat of 

 beef and pork. The European farmer cannot afford to prac- 

 tice these wasteful methods, as the soil soon would become 

 exhausted. 



" Not only must Americans develop American resources, 

 but Americans must adjust themselves to American condi- 

 tions. American people in the end must live upon those 

 articles of food for which American soil is most productive, 

 and must cease to consume in large quantities, as they do, 

 those articles for which our soil is poorly adapted. New 

 articles of diet will find their way into use, and habits and 

 customs will develop which will make the American of the 

 future a man utilizing all the resources of our country. 



Principal Maize Products. 



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Whiskey. 



Beer. 



Medicine. 



Glucose. 



Alcohol. 



Oil. 



Soap. 



Paper. 



Fabrics. 



(a) Fibres. 



(b) Yarn. 



(c) Cloth. 



Medicinal. — The stigmas of maize (corn silk) are used in 

 medicine as maydis stigmata. They are diuretic and lithon- 

 triptic. The corn smut of fungal origin is used as an era- 

 menagogue and parturient. An excessive use of ergot is 



1 Patten, S. N., Economic Basis Protection, 103. 



