Agricultural news . there being shortage in thesupply of imported foodstuffs, general interest has beentaken in the West Indies in increasing the production oflocally grown vegetables to take the place of imported a result, there has been in most of the islands a consid-erable extension of the cultivation of sweet potatoes. Withthe expectation, therefore, of much larger crops of sweetpotatoes, larger, it is to be hoped, than to meet demands ofthe moment, there is a great need of some method of storingthe roots. A disadvantage with thi- crop is that in itsnatural condition it can only
Agricultural news . there being shortage in thesupply of imported foodstuffs, general interest has beentaken in the West Indies in increasing the production oflocally grown vegetables to take the place of imported a result, there has been in most of the islands a consid-erable extension of the cultivation of sweet potatoes. Withthe expectation, therefore, of much larger crops of sweetpotatoes, larger, it is to be hoped, than to meet demands ofthe moment, there is a great need of some method of storingthe roots. A disadvantage with thi- crop is that in itsnatural condition it can only be kept sound for a short have been made from time to time wich theobject of removing disadvantage, and the conversion ofthe roots into meal ha-i hitherto met the sitation to a limitedextent. The difficulty is in the slicing of them, and dryingthem adequately, in order to produce chips or meal suffi-ciently free of moisture to be capable of storage for a longerperiod than the untrented Ste<:
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