308 State Board of Agricui.ture, etc. 



ton, woo], butter -cheese, poultry and ogg-<, and all other 

 things which ordinarily grace a farmer's table or enrich his 

 household. 



In proof of this allow me to quote from remarks of J. II. 

 Evvbank of Tennessee, as published in the United States 

 Report, Department of Agriculture, for the year 1860, as 

 follows : 



" Indian corn has become so important and valuable a 

 food in our country, both for man and beast, that it is fnlly 

 equal, and in many respects superior to wheat, as it grows 

 well in all the States, and is a surer and more abundant 

 crop, and hence more reliable, as a source of revenue, than 

 any other of our cereal grains. 



"It produces more bread, more meat, more milk and but- 

 ter than any other grain crop. 



"In the Southern States it forms the constant and princi- 

 pal food for man and beast, and poultry of all kinds. 



" It makes fat steers, fat bullocks, fat cows, fat hogs and 

 fiit poultry, and these in their turn enrich our tables for the 

 use of man. Hcuce our people have great reason for 

 regarding Indian corn as the " king of grains," the staff of 

 life, tlie great stand-by of farmers ; and he wlio considers 

 its excellence and cheapness as an article of food, and tjio 

 great value of the bountiful growth of stalks and leaves it 

 produces, will certainly not deem this praise cxti-avjigant." 



Professor Johnston, of New York, also says, in a similar 

 report for 1865 : " The most valuable of "the cereals for fat- 

 tening purposes, botli from its composition and the profit- 

 ^ able returns attending its culture, is undoubtedly maize or 

 Indian corn. 



