Photo by Erdelyi 



ROUMANIAN WOMAN WITH SPINDLE 



After the sheep are shorn the wool comes into the women's hands ; after varied processes 

 of washing, combing, and spinning, the worsted is woven into all sorts of carpets, blankets, 

 coverlets, and clothing. 



energy be lacking, it will be placed on 

 the table insufficiently cooked. Although 

 many believe that this is the cause of the 

 greater part of the pellagra so common 

 in Roumania, it is difficult to persuade the 

 peasant to exercise greater care in the 

 preparation of polenta or substitute for 

 it some of the many palatable dishes that 

 can be made from corn. 



INTRODUCING AMERICAN CORN 



It was for the purpose of improving 

 these conditions that I introduced into 

 Roumania a type of corn better suited 

 to her soil and climate, showed the peas- 

 ants how to improve their meal, taught 

 them — through my wife — to prepare a 

 variety of dishes from corn in its differ- 

 ent forms, and compiled for their use a 



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