The manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava . feeding value of the plant, and in bringing the results of theseexperiments to the attention of the farmers of the State. A consider-able part of the station farm is devoted to the cassava WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1900. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U. S. Department oe Agriculture. Division of Chemistry, Washington, D. C, April 19. 1900. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith the manuscript of a bulletin describing my observations in the manufacture of starch from potatoes in Maine, together with descriptions


The manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava . feeding value of the plant, and in bringing the results of theseexperiments to the attention of the farmers of the State. A consider-able part of the station farm is devoted to the cassava WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1900. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U. S. Department oe Agriculture. Division of Chemistry, Washington, D. C, April 19. 1900. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith the manuscript of a bulletin describing my observations in the manufacture of starch from potatoes in Maine, together with descriptions of machinery and processes for the manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava. There are also included in this bulletin data relating to the industry of starch manufacture from potatoes in other parts of the country. I recommend that this be printed as Bulletin No. 58 of the Division of Chemistry. Respectfully, H. W. Wiley, Chief of the-Division, of James Wilson, St en for;/ of Agriculturt. 604032 CONTENTS. Page. Making starch from potatoes 5 Amount of product and description of soil 5 Potato-starch industry in Wisconsin and adjacent States 6 Influence of commercial fertilizers on the quality of the potato 7 The composition of


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