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amount and value, an important item in the catalogue 

 of farming products. 



IN THE RIPE STATE. But still more variously and 

 extensively in its ripened state, does the grain of this 

 cereal meet the requirements of daily use. In the 

 several forms of hulled corn, popped corn, hominy, 

 samp, Indian meal, corn-starch, and maizena, and in 

 the many simple, healthful, and economical prepara- 

 tions by which these are rendered acceptable to almost 

 every variety of taste, the corn crop of our country is 

 daily contributing, in large and liberal measure, to 

 feed its population. 



The public interest in this subject has been from 

 time to time awakened and stimulated by several 

 agricultural journals, and especially by Mr. Judd, in 

 the American Agriculturist for January, 1862. The 

 following extract from an article in that number has 

 an historical interest, and is creditable to the enterprise 

 of the proprietor, while it also presents in a favorable 

 light the usefulness of his journal : 



"In November last we stated that, taking into 

 account the current prices of corn, wheat, and pota- 

 toes, in different parts of the country, West as well as 

 East, and estimating the relative proportion of health- 

 ful nutriment furnished by a bushel of each, it seemed 

 evident that a similar amount of nourishment would 

 be obtained from 



40 cents expended in purchasing COKN, 

 100 cents expended in purchasing WHEAT, 

 160 cents expended in purchasing POTATOES ; 



and that, with the present large crop of Indian corn, 



