. A description of some Chinese vegetable food materials and their nutritive and economic value. ^ o o» o 6 o 0 a O o 0 0 Q © Q CD o Q ^Q o 0 Q) 5 6 Drawings of Starch Grains Magnified about 480 Diameters. 1, Say,thirin sinensis; 2, Nelnmhinm spfriasum (roots): 3. /.//iu/» >-y,o„,cu», hroumu; 4, Tmpabispinosii; Eiiryrde ferox; ti, AinoiphophuUus rivieri. 13 Pailleaux and Bois. The tubers might also be used iu the manufact-ure of starch. They are employed for this purpose by the Chinese,and it is said a line quality of that article is easily prepared from themby the usual methods. The compar
. A description of some Chinese vegetable food materials and their nutritive and economic value. ^ o o» o 6 o 0 a O o 0 0 Q © Q CD o Q ^Q o 0 Q) 5 6 Drawings of Starch Grains Magnified about 480 Diameters. 1, Say,thirin sinensis; 2, Nelnmhinm spfriasum (roots): 3. /.//iu/» >-y,o„,cu», hroumu; 4, Tmpabispinosii; Eiiryrde ferox; ti, AinoiphophuUus rivieri. 13 Pailleaux and Bois. The tubers might also be used iu the manufact-ure of starch. They are employed for this purpose by the Chinese,and it is said a line quality of that article is easily prepared from themby the usual methods. The comparatively large areas of land both inCalilbrnia and in other parts of the United States which are too wetfor the cultivation of other root crojis would seem to offer an especialinducement to considering the utilization of this genius of plants. TARO. From remote antiquity the taro has furnished an important item ofthe food supply of the natives of southern India, Australia, portions ofAfrica, and many of the islands of the Pacific, and is to-day one of theplants most commonly cultivated
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