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PHYSIOLOGY AT THE FARM. 



stances as Iceland moss (the Lichen Icelandicus or Cetraria 

 Icelandica), 



The following table affords a view of the proportion of starch 

 in 100 parts of a variety of substances : 



Starch. 



THALLUS, . . Iceland moss, .... 44.6 



f Janipha manihot or tapioca plant (var. red), 13.5 



ROOTS, 



TUBERS, 



RHIZOMES, 



PERICARPS, 



SEEDS OR 

 FRUITS, 



Do. (var. green), , 



Ilpomcea batatas (sweet potato), 

 Do. (var. red), 



Potato (var. kidney), 

 (var. red), 

 (var. shaw), 

 (var. champion), . 

 (var. chair rouge), 

 (orpheline), 

 (var. Captain Hart), 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Arrowroot, 

 Do. . 



Canna coccwea, 

 Canna Indica, . , 



Ginger, .... 



Do 



Turmeric, 



Yam (Dioscorea sativa\ 

 Do. ... 



j Artocarpus incisa, or bread-fruit, 

 I Artocarpus integrifolia, or jab-fruit, 

 Barley-meal, 

 Oatmeal, , 



Wheat-flour, 

 Wheat-bread, . 

 Ryemeal, 

 Maize, . , 



Rice (Piedmont), 

 Do. (Carolina), . 

 Pease, 



Garden -bean ( Vicia faba\ 

 Kidney-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), 



11.5 



7.5 



13.3 



9.1 

 15.0 

 18.8 

 15.9 

 12.2 

 24.4 

 15.0 

 12.5 

 26.0 

 12.5 



3.3 

 13.0 

 19.75 

 26.0 

 12.5 

 22.66 



3.2 



6.2 

 67.18 

 59.0 



56.5 to 72.0 

 53.5 

 61.07 

 80.92 

 82.8 

 85.07 

 32.48 

 34.17 

 35.94* 



* Pereira on ' Food and Diet,' p. 122. 



