Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1919 — Some War Economies. [ARTICLE]

Some War Economies.

There is probably nothing that seems so useless in the eyes of the average person as an Irish potato which has begun to rot, but the department bf agriculture in its war-time experiments has discovered that starch can be made from a decayed potato -Just as well, if not better, than from a good one, and so tbesurplas stock of the farmer or dealer need no longer be thrown away or wasted. In like fashion chemist* seeking method* to *vold world-wide food shortages have found that sugar cannot only be made from beets, but from sweet potatoes as well. The farmer himself can make good sirup from his sweet potatoes by boiling them until they can be mashed in the water to thick, mushy liquid. To this ground malt is added and the result, after properly cooking for about an hour, is a thick alrup, which is strained through a cloth and used for any sort of sweetening.