The Modern Method of Preparing Delightful Foods

Ida Bailey Allen tells the story of American corn — Plymouth breakfasts to the Great War — and hangs a day's four meals on it, for the company that made Karo and Mazola.

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Epilogue

The Harvesting Success, accomplishment.

Enough of this world's goods.

Children-grown to glorious maturity.

They in their turn to plant and reap good healthfresh as in youth, tempered only by experience. as in youth, tempered only by experience.

A Harvest of poised nerves, happiness, joy, affectionmany friends-years of usefulness-ambitions realized. A progressive attitude of mind-a youthful spirit.

This is THE HARVEST.

Again I say-life and its forces depend on food.

Planting time and harvest.

We plant.

We reap.

Each home dictates its crop.

Mondamin-the Indian Spirit-changed his life to corn. Corn tassels waving in the summer breeze.

The golden ears are garnered, milled, and sold.

Corn is the seed of life.

Ida

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