Evening star., 1917-03-04

and Manchuria, and have tested out about
twenty of the best varieties from which
to breed in this country. and we have
placed three new varieties on the market
this season. The mammoth yellow is
what We mostly use for food said Mr..
Morse. and he held up glass jar flled
with the pale yellow beans which looked
like round. fat. hard navy beans. The
green beans and those yellows are what
we use for human food those darker and
black fellows serve as fodder for CATTLE
That the dasheen may be used IL neces-
sary as substitute for the potato in the
sections in which it is grown is the belief
of the Department Of Agriculture. The
scientist in charge OF dasheen culture and
investigation is Mr.. Robert A Young of
the office of foreign seed and plant indus
try. and he is of the opinion that a wider
knowledge of its qualities would enrich
the list of American vegetables and add
another to its homegrown products.
1T is, of course. a vegetable requiring
almost tropical conditions said Mr..
Young. which makes its culture only pos
sible in the south, but from the southern
part Of South Carolina around to Louis
lana and Texas one finds large areas of
land we'll suited to its culture, and when
a full market is found for II large guam
titles will be raised In those sections. IL
is now being grown in central Florida,
the crop yielding under favorable condi-
tions from $50 to $50 bushels to the acre
AT present the dasheen is in the now
city class, but there Is no reason why,
with wider acquaintance. 1t should not
become article OF general everyday
use as the potato. Its food value IS
greater than the potato, the dasheen DOS
sessing so per cent more protein and SO
per cent more starch than the potato
which should make 1t a more nutritious
substitute for meat.
"In taste it is little sweeter than the
Irish rlOtatO. but nearly
the sweet potato, and II possesses a GER
tain nutty quality which most people like
1t can be put to all the uses Of the potato
and is cooked in about the same way.
There are few salads finer than one made
from cold, boiled dasheen.
when ! asked one southern grower II
he considered IL a good substitute for the .
potato, his reply was. I should regard
the potato a substitute for the dash.
cen, and mighty poor one at that &"
DR.. II. C. Langworthy. chief OF the
Office of home economics, Department Of
Agriculture, has been giving the pub
lie for many years the bentft of his
knowledge and experience in the use
of substitutes for the more expensive
food products.
In recent talk before prominent
woman's club he called attention. among
rendered fats as a substitute for lard
and other commercial products. As an
example of the economical use of but
ter in cookery was cited the frying of
eggs, rice cakes, etc, In a mixture Of
butter. to contribute flavor. and some
such fat as lard or drippings.
A mixture of equal parts OF carefully
rendered beef suet, lard and butter
known as .butterschmaltz." was men,
toned as being used in some parts of
the country for shortening purposes as
a substitute for butter. He also called
attention to the fact that chicken fat.
one of the best-known cooking fats, is Z
frequently thrown away.
The office of home economies calls
attention to the use Of peanut butter
as a cheap and wholesome substitute
for butter.