The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
CassaEa ROOtSI Can Be
Bought Cheaaply
and Ground Into Flour
They Furnish Most Inexpensive
and Best substitute For wheat
Flour For hawaiian Islands
and ShOtld Be More Extern
slyeIy, Used
(By 6. "a. sahr. Assistant Kgr6n.
omist. U. S. Experiment station)

a !. 4 4. u +.
(By G. "A. sshr. Assistant AEr6n.
omist, u. S. Experiment station)
wRiIs the subject q placing u a.
barge upon twenty-five 70 ffty percent
81 the wheat and cereal flour shipped
into this Territory il at the present
time under eonsideration By The United
States shipping Board, placing this
community upon reduced ration basis
for the star cf life, II Il hoped thai tho
few facts given here will result in an
effort BY some enterpfising individual
to avail himself Of the opport6nity to
buy ana harvest at least a few of
mahy ncrcs Of cassaya on this and the
other Islands for the Manufacture Of
cassaya flour
Cassava fIohr Is the cheapest and
best sales.--future for the Rheaten prod
dot which may be locally produced %
avert a serious food shortage. with
the aid ~ really very simple machinery
consisting 81 aeonminuater and eentri-
fugaI md the power TO drive this MAJ
chine the large eassaya roots are ~
huccd into an exceedingly 1nol pulp
] ready TO mix with, wheaton flour, salt
and yeast for baking into loaves Of
| fine wholesome bread.
Crop 70 be Bought s9 - t48
Within the past two month"; the writ
ers attention has been called 10 the
matter Of bnst utilization ofthe cnstaVa
crop Of a twenty foursaere field Aifptted
at the foot OF the Pail Road on the
windward side Of Oahu. Due 70 the 81,
disposition Of the owner and planter
Of this casshva field, which must soon
be harvested II utilization of the crop
Ii to be made as a profitable yentnte,
the entire crop Of roots which is g,
timated win exceed 500 tons, at fifteen
tons per acre, IL at the disposal Of some
enterprising individual al . reagonablo
I figure. :.
In view 81 the present emergency ana
various obstacles presented IN ntiIiza-
Ion Of the crop as q hop Or cattle feed,
the easiest way 70 handle the whole
proposition would be TO reduce the crop
% 4 fine flour right on the premises
Snd snip the product 10 Honolulu bak-
pries for baking ~ stR
WIN Replace WhsAt Al
As a result OF exhaustive analytical
work relating TO the mAnnfaetofe or
'aAsava flour done by-the u. s. Expert
uent station ton of whole, roots viii
s'ield thirty three percent or geo pounds
II cassaya FLOUR and the amount Of
| slonr, which may be manufactured frow
he twenty four-aeFe field smentioned y
'stimated to exceed lis tons, every
ton Of which win replnce, as many
\ tons OF wheat or cereal flour likely 70
be placed under the embargo. Other
areas Of eassava Of, a like .or core
spopding size ave TO be found il the
Territory aud the flour which may be
produced from these IS = factor which
mist be given consideration and fore
holght in the very near future. The
cost Of production may vary from ons
and one-hah TO two eehts per pound,
From the use Of eassava Flour ID
bread making the amount Of flour &c
tually displacing the wheaton product
may vary from twelve aud one.half t
twenty-five percent Of the entire ghAn
. fifty, for homcmade bread Of exceeding
" fair quality Honolulu bak cries ma,
through the model machinery now IN
, stalled be able to- use a much highe
J lpefesitdSe Of cilssaSA flour in the make
Up If their loaves. ti \
J. The H. 3. Experiment Station h
| ready 10 render any desired informa
. tiOn regarding uses of cassaVa flou
other than On bread and ~ relation Il
! the nonufaeture Of thesfiour itself.'
! Frank Panaewa was lhed $1,000 b,
Judge Irwin and J. Takenishi. t25 q