The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Important Facts About Cassava.

No cassava grown in Florida possesses
any poisonous character.
The crop is perfectly adapted to all parts
of Florida and Southern Georgia, and, in
general, to the hard pine lands of the
Gulf states, says the Florida Agricultu-
rist.
1t thrives best on moderately fertile,
light sandy-loam soils, on which ii with
stands drought better than any other sta.
pie CROP
1t produces most abundantly with only
moderate applications of fertilizer, the APP
plicatlon per acre producing the best re-
suits on the station farm containing
6215 pounds of acid phosphate, 10
pounds of cotton seed meal and
S71s pounds of muriate of potash,
having approximately a percentage COM
position of 20 per cent of phosphoric acid,
8 per cent. of nitrogen and per cent. OK
potash.
There seems to be no advantage in di-
vided applica tons of this fertilizer the
crop being able to utilize it all without
waste from one application.
The planting two pieces of seed cane
in each hill is recommended as assuring
a good stand, most complaints of failure
at securing satisfactory stands being the
result of too little seed or of the use of
poor seed.
The crop is easily harvested from the
soils to which II is best adapted 1t may
be preserved without injury for some
months after harvesting but is usually
more conveniently used directly from the
field in which ii grew.
There is no difficulty in preserving seed
cane, when placed in beds the ground be-
ing freshly plowed for the purpose. if the
butt ends of the canes all touch the
I'd r,,Ia ,-f., how
of straw is placed next the canes and fur
Their covered with a light layer of soil.
CassaVa contains a larger amount OF
carbohydrate food constituents, or fat
forming material, than is found in any
other staple crop.
To secure the best results from its feed
ing, additions of small quantities of cot
ton seed meal, COW peas or velvet beans.
whereby the proportion of protein is in
creased, are recommended.
In feeding pigs, meat may be produces
from cassava at a cost of about l cent per
pound. The average cost, under identical
conditions with other feed-stuffs, is more
than 3 cents per pound
CassaVa proves itself a most superior
beef fattening food. The cost of live
weight beef produced by feeding cassava
is IL cents per pound. and in seventy-ive
days a profit of $40 per cent. was made
by fattening beef upon cassaVa.
As raw material for the manufacture OF
starch, six tons of cassava produces 400
pounds of commercial starch, as against
100 pounds obtainable from forty BUSH
els of corn.
Cassava is a paatabe and nutritious
human food, capable Of being utilized m
many ways, and furnishing most desir-
able domestic substitute for many import
ed articles.
Articles for human consumption must
possess one other property in order to rec
ommend themselves to public favor, name
ly; flavor, or agreeable taste. This quality
is, however, possessed by cassava in o.
high degree.
Raw, II is pleasant and wholesome.
though not especially desirable. II is far
more palatable than raw Irish potatoes,
though possibly not so much as carrots CT
fiat turnips. Boiled or fried it is a mosr
nutritious substitute for either sweet or
Irish potatoes.