Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-06


inner life Of the humble potato and
after a most thorough and rigid in
yestigation declares in the year book
OF the department Of agriculture that
the potato is Il deserving and extreme
~ valuable member of the community
Scientific investigation has shown
that the practice which has become SO
general, I'll serving potatoes with meat
and other similar foods which contain
liberal amounts Of protein Is based
uUon correct principles, one 1000 sup
diving the deficiencies Of the other.
Potatoes and other foods containing
carbohydrates are sometimes objected
to on the ground that they are starchy
foods and do NOT supply much nItrog
euous material. 1t should be remem-
ycred, however, that the potato does
contain BY no means inconsideTable
amount Of protein and further LnaL
carbohydrates are an essential part OF
d well regulated diet. The digestion
experiment referred TO shows that pc
ratoes properly cooked furnish such
material In a digestible form. Ihey
have been a staple article or diet Tor
many years without harmful results
md therefore the conclusion that IN
der ordinary circumstances lney are
other than useful and wholesome food
seems unwalanted.
An American PtoGuct.
he potato, called III dI.erent reg
III
ions white potato, Irish potato, English
potato. or round potato, was nrst nitro
duccd INTO Europe between ,3ou and
1855 by the Spaniards and aiterWard
by the English about the time OF Ra-
leigh's voyages to Virginia. 1t is com
monty believed to be a native OF Chill.
Wild potato plants closely resembling
those cultivated today are stllI Iound
there though it q fact worthy Oh men
ton that as the potato has been modl-
lied bv cultivation it has largely lost
the power Of producing seeds, and the
cultivated potato differs from the wild
in seldom producing sced-hearlng
lruits.
When first visited By Europeans the
aborlgInes IN Chill and adjacent cul-
fjyated the potato for its edible tuberS
and had apparently long done SO. 1t
vas probably introduced into the
United States, especially Virginia and
North Carolina, toward the end OF the
sixteenth century. 1t Is not surprising
that the new IoOdStuf should nave
grown rapidly into pubic IaVof "neh
I'LL, Remembers ItS prolific weld super
or keeping qualities, ease O. pfopd-
cation and agreeable flavor.
The potato tubcr is III rcallI! nou'-
tied stem, being shortened anu 1hlch-
,.yJ ~ scl,a a. = ste ~A0usc Iol re-
serve material Tor the propagation oL
new plants. The outer SKIN "Alch Is
dry i'll appearance and usually gray VI
brown i'll color, corresponds ~ INC
odi n % llI' 90 ~ u, I., -..,,ol,,l
ION oilo'il ,'l'li 'i'o 80 1900
70 inc 'U"IlE"l '',' - . 10'' ''''-' 1,,,a
me pl''hC d" "ipi,'''''''l, ,1a.,,. -,
outer ana 'iil',i 'N,Ll a ',,1l IVA
'H"l'" " ''S'' ''o p0,''' ,S,.,tl.
-'7i l''aN'S up 'l'' JUN ~ 81 'N''1S
It's Value Recognized.
m. valuable ouaIfties of the potato
,,....- ...n.n,,l,, rrrosnizrd and there
,,... ..,,.I,. rero,d5 of ATTEMPT, % Qetcr-
,,,.,n ~. yood vaInp nv means OF
.b.fairaI ,palvses In 1875 Pearson
...,ort.o Governments and obserya-
,.,,,. -, 40 ,on.ti,nont ralte Of the
,,,,,,+,, ,,,t !, L;rhof :, 12o5 unfinished
s,,sI,..a. ~ tho no+ato as aid also
I.-,,,.li, in 1871 In America anaIy-
~ Tho nototo ,vorc renorted some
stt,, ,.o,,.. aoo IN, Emodns qnese in
,..,stfaations we're useful al the time.
althonph they were not made bv the
method rsuaIIv followed TODAY This
was necessarily the case as The SUP
;a.t If cbomistr,- of nutrition : of
.,,,,,,,,o+i,.oI,, rooont Growth
49,.
III ID ~ Cd lll''ii' o'>S ~ -
''D'' '''',l - S-,l,l,.
'',o 10 " '''' l,'''us ''-l, l,,,' I,.
.as IN, skin If tba notato constitutes
OH the average "a per cent OF the
whole and the cortial layer 50 per
cent
II j. difirrlr g., .ra,I ,,+otoa. 90 that
rho sl,ir only < ron,ovoG ,ynothe,
r,otb .l.,n and roF.tia1 ra,,e,. ~. only rho
former shou1d be called rofueo IN or7.
-.n,rront sense If tbn zy,rd i ,a,.ho-.
!, auesrion As potatoes arc r,.r,moD-