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UNIVKKSITV OP 



USES OF COEK 



THEEE is no plant or vegetable cultivated by man 

 that is capable of being applied to so many purposes 

 of utility as Indian corn. A slight glance at its many 

 and diversified uses is sufficient to show how exten- 

 sively and intimately it is interwoven with the inter- 

 ests of the human family. 



The grain both green and ripe, the stalks and 

 leaves in the successive stages of their growth and 

 maturity, the husks that envelop the ear, and the cob 

 that supports the grain, are all adapted to economical 

 purposes, and fitted, in a variety of ways, to subserve 

 the wants of man. 



1. CORN AS AN ARTICLE OF HUMAN FOOD. 



The manifold and ingenious preparations of this 

 grain intended for the table, comprise a numerous 

 catalogue of dishes, all differing from each other, yet 

 each possessing its points of merit and its class of ad- 

 mirers. 



IN THE GKEEN STATE. In that stage of its growth 

 when the ears and kernels are fully developed, but not 



