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the hot water slowly; stir until well mixed, then add the milk. If lumpy, 

 strain before using. For younger infants use more water. For older in- 

 fants use more milk and less water. Mothers can use their own judgment in 

 preparing the food. Once tried, always used. Unequaled as a food for 

 dyspeptics and invalids. No distress after eating it. It contains no mix- 

 ture. Is made of selected Taro only. Made under sanitary conditions and 

 warranted pure Taro Flour. 



Directions for Using Taro Flour as an Invalid's Food. 



Two tablespoonfuls of Taro Flour in a glass of milk; stir well; add 

 sugar or salt to taste. 



Poi — Cook as mush and eat with milk or let stand one or two days until 

 a little sour. Eat with meat or fish cold. For a drink, put two or three 

 spoonfuls in a glass of water. It is very refreshing in the morning. 



Can be used as other flours for mush^ but for cakes, doughnuts or bread 

 add a little wheat flour. 



In case of seasickness it is the only satisfactory food. 



THE FORCING AND BLANCHING OF DASHEEN''' SFIOOTS. 



Abridged Statement by Robert A. Young, Bureau Plant Industry, 



U. S. D. A. 



''As the growing of the dasheen as a tuber crop begins to 

 assume commercial proportions, it seems desirable to make avail- 

 able to growers and others who may be interested the details of a 

 special treatment of the corms (large spherical tubers) by which a 

 delicate fresh vegetable for winter use luay be obtained. Credit is 

 due to Mr. P. H. Dorsett, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, for the 

 original suggestion of raising the shoots in this way. 



"The young blanched shoots of the dasheen make a very tender 

 and delicious vegetable and are used much like asparagus. The 

 flavor is delicate and is suggestive of mushrooms. In order to 

 destroy a slight acridity, a special method of cooking is required. 



Culture. 



To obtain the shoots, corms weighing 2 to 3 pounds or more, are 

 planted in a fairly warm place in very moist sand or sandy soil. A 

 half-and-half mixture of sand and ordinary i)otting soil has given 

 good results. The corms are just covered, the terminal bud being 

 at the surface. Provision must be made for keeping the shoots in 

 total darkness from the time they begin to grow. Water should be 

 supplied often enough to keep the sand or soil continuously moist. 



Several ways of forcing and blanching dasheen shoots have been 

 tried, and all have been successful in that satisfactory shoots were 



In this abstract dasheen is used as synonymous with Tcalo. 



