The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-05-10
Report of the Building Commit
tee of the First Baptist
Church of DeLand.


Church Of DeLand.
Since the organization of the First
Baptist Church of DeLand, about Is
months ago, the duty of providing a
comfortable and suitable church where
we can meet and invite our friends
and neighbors to meet with us for the
worship of God and encouragement of
each other in the heavenward path.
has pressed itself upon us, but not
until the spring of 1881, did the way
open and in the Providence of God
seem to bring the object within our
reach. At that time Brother III. A.
DeLand, whose purse is ever open to
the Masters call, was with us and re.
alizing with us our needs in this di>
rection, not only offered to pay two
thirds of the cost of erecting a church
but unde ertook at once the labor of
getting our part of the subscription
filed up.
Brother DeLand proposed to con-
tribute 81, 900 toward house costing
$500, or $500 towards a house
costing $1,000.
A subscription list was circulated
and met with willing response.
Within two weeks the pledges in
money, labor and material were
secured to exceed $4,000. The re-
sponse was so generous and univer>
sal, regardless of denominational con.
victions; so many showing their good
will and interest IN the Masters
cause by subscribing to the fund and
with such encouragement and support
we could hear God saying "Go tor-
ward and build" A building COM
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half to four feet apart and bits of
the fresh stem three inches long
tdropped two feet apart, and buried
by the hoe, or turning shallow fur
row on the sets. Alter it comes up
it is>worked by the plow turning
shallow furrows towards the plants,
and cleaning out weeds, until the
plants are two feet high.
The valuable portion, is the thick>
ened roots, which lie in nearly hor-
izontal position. The thickening
commencing near the stem of the
plant, and extends from six inches to
four feet, a fibrous cord extends
through the whole, and terminates in
long tibrous root. As many as ten
of these roots are formed on one
plant, but generally about five; and
the yield will vary from two poun dis
to twenty-five pounds to each plant.
A fair estimate of the crop could be
made by multiplying fortySfve
plants in five rows, by 160 rods in
the acre, making 1920 plants; by
FIVE pounds for each plant, 10000
pounds. Many persons insist upon
doubling the five, and so making 72,.
900 pounds OF starch roots to the acre.
These roots are richer in starch than
the potato, and the pulp when grated,
and the raw root is sweeter than the
sweet potato. Both the starch and
saccharine matter of the roots could
become glucose In manufacture OF
that article. Although the roots are
sufficiently matured for use in SIX
months after the plants come up,
they will continue to grow tor two
years.
l have found that if to the grated
pulp, from which more than halt the
starch has been strained, small
quantity Of fine meal aud flour ad-
ded, with yeast or other rising, an ex-
cellent griddle cake is made; to my
taste preferable to the celebrated
buck wheat. The same halt strained
pulp may be used with flour in max.
ing a loaf of bread with better res
suits than the potato bread. 1t ins
creases the moisture of the bread and
adds to it's whiteness. From these,
and other considerations, / am OF the
opinion that the cassava roots may
be dried rapidly in fruit drier, and
ground and be made to supply large.
| " the place of wheat flour. Tapioca
is a preparation of cassava starch.
GRASSES.
None have succeeded with the