Agricultural news . certificate. Figures furnished by the Acting Chemical Assistant,St. Kitts, indicate tlio high nutritive value of sweet potatoesgrown in that island According to his a alysis, locally pre-pared sweet potato meal contained nearly i> per cent, of crudeproteins, over 1 per cent, of fat, nearly 76 per cent, of carbo-hydrates, 2 per cent, of fibre, per cent, ash, and 11-7 percent, water. Locally iirepared white bean Hour containedover 23 per cent, of protein and nearly 3 per cent, of per cent, of fat in white bean flour is much less than thatfound to exist in crush
Agricultural news . certificate. Figures furnished by the Acting Chemical Assistant,St. Kitts, indicate tlio high nutritive value of sweet potatoesgrown in that island According to his a alysis, locally pre-pared sweet potato meal contained nearly i> per cent, of crudeproteins, over 1 per cent, of fat, nearly 76 per cent, of carbo-hydrates, 2 per cent, of fibre, per cent, ash, and 11-7 percent, water. Locally iirepared white bean Hour containedover 23 per cent, of protein and nearly 3 per cent, of per cent, of fat in white bean flour is much less than thatfound to exist in crushed velvet beans, namely, 52 per per cent, of carbohydrates in both beans was less than iathe sweet potato meal. There is not much difference in thenutrient value of the three , but there is a very consider-able difference in the nutrient rati:) on account of the fact lliacthe beans are very much richer in flesh-forming constitujuCsthan the sweet potato meal, 118 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. April 21. COTTON. SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. The report, of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co. onSea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the weekending March 24, 1917, is as foHows:— ISLANDS. There has been a demand for the few Planterscrops remaining unsold, ; in the sale of them forexport: consequently the entire crop has now been disposedof and quotations are based only on last sale made, viz:Extra Fine odd bags 58c. = 60c. landed Fine to Fully Fine .550. = 57c. „ <;eorgias and floridas. The market remains strong?with active demand for all offerings, which are now muchreduced and consist very largely of the lower grades, viz.:Common to Choice. The .=ales in Savannah were limited tothese lower grades, but some lots were sold in the interiormarkets on a bat is of average Extra Choice at GOc. .Sincethe active demand during the last three weeks, resulting inlarge sales, aggregating over 10,000 bales, prices havingadvanced in all about 9c., the stocks everywhere
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