Indian Corn as a World Food 



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15y (' 1. A l," K W I S S L K U 

 OOn.-Uul I'licl iir.' llic two >ul)jfc-ts iii;i»iii,i: <>f rniiiilii's in -ivjil iiiiiiuit':if 



u|i|>t'niitist in llir |iiil)lic mind. 

 Starviil ion anil nrivnlion have 



Inrini:- ami irailr rciUci-> arr reaching; 

 ;i {Miini w liri-r the Jon.L: (•>lai>li>!icil niclli- 



ot .MMnc williin \\\r cxiMTimc' of ilir u.l> uf ru.HJ iM-odm-lion and dish'il.ul ion 

 ]U'<n»li' of the Tnitrd Siali- rxrcpt as will no lon-vr Milliiv. The |ia-rs of hi>- 

 individnal or local calaniilic-. In fad. lorv ami anl l)i-o|)oloL;ical liloralni-f show 

 we have conif to look upon faniincs as n>o\actlv what will happi'n ifwiMlonot 

 |trinuti\t' iilimonicna. dne lo 

 iinjirovidciit and nmlii-cftnl -o- 

 cjjil at-tivitit's. 'Iduis. when wo 

 road tliat whole trihe> of l^^- 

 kiiiio ]u'ri.-lt I'l'oni food sliortaiie 

 wf >lnMi,i;- onr shoiddcrs and 

 sav tlial this is dne to their low 

 ■Jtatc of cult life, a foim of <'\i>- 

 tcnce that takes no tlioui^'ht of 

 tomorrow. \v\. the facts art' 

 tliat tli(^ Kskinio ha> worked 

 out a scheme of life that nndei' 

 normal condit ion> |tro\ iik'- him 

 with plcnt \ and comfort at all 



-eaxins of till' year: it is oidy 



when his grou]) ovt? too laru'e 



for thi' resources of the coun- 



irv in which ]'\o lives that ca- 



lamit ie- come, lint such di>as- 



ters are not )iecnliar to the 



Eskimo : the literature of tlie 



American iiati\e. iKirtli and 



south, furnishes many e\am- 



]i]os of what may he foj-mii- 



lated as a ]n-inci|)le. that is. 



wlieil a ])eo])le Work out a 



metliod <d' -u|)]ioi-tini:- tlii'm- 

 selvos in a iiiveii locality, they 

 tend to inerease in nund)ers 

 iintil a ]»oint is reaehed where 

 the demand is greater than the 

 sup])ly. Whene\er lhi> |ioint i~ 

 reached, only the mo-t di'a^tic 

 efforts <-an prcxent a calamity. 

 Tlie fuel and fo..d -hortap- 

 whieh n<»w confi-onts us is a 

 warnin^f that our ra]iidly ex- 

 ■|)andinL:' ]»o|iulation and the 



Hitliit>a digging slitk. riili.'. and lioi-. tlio first a heavy ash 

 pole liaidemd and sliarp.ncd b.v fire, and the rake a deer 

 antler, or willow slioots cleverl.v bent at the ends to form 

 teetli 



'The illustrations a<-.onil)anving this artiele are from < oni Iw.ii;/ II,.- I,i<ll,n,s -./ //(-• / /«/"'• ^fl'"^'•,l,■l 

 i.y George F. Will and George K. H.vde, published b.v the William Harvey .Miner Co., Ine.. St. Louis, 

 1917. Mr. Will is energetieally ijropagating many varieties of Indian >orn with a view to their intro- 

 duetion into the higher latitudes of the United States and Canada. .Samples of the varieties of ■ orn 

 shown here, together with native farming tools, are on pxlii))ition in the Plains Indian liall 



