bitants of those countries not to make use 

 of Indian corn in the way they do, they 

 would want something to supply its place 

 for bread. 



Although I have given several reasons 



why the Americans export so large a 



quantity of wheat, I think it necessary 



further to observe, in reply to a question 



frequently asked me in company, since I 



came to England If the land be barren, 



how comes the exports to be so great ? 



that nearly all the wheat grown in America 



is exported. Indian corn generally supplies 



its place ; the preference given to which 



may arise from custom. For instance, in 



regard to myself, I was born in the county 



of Lincoln, wtiere the produce of the land 



was chiefly wheat, barley, and oats : I was 



accustomed to eat what may be termed 



black bread, for which the small wheat, 



called hinder ends, or light wheat, taken 



out of the best sent to market, is used, and 



kept for family use ; which, being ground, 



was afterwards passed through a wide sieve, 



