308 THE POTATO 



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cereals. It sells for 75 cents more per 200 pounds 

 than flour. 



''This factory uses 250,000 tons of potatoes 

 annually. The price paid for potatoes of 18 to 

 24 per cent, starch content is 20 to 35 cents per 

 hundred, or 12 to 21 cents per bushel. One of the 

 by-products is 3,500 tons of glucose. 



"The farmers in irrigated districts of the West 

 can make splendid incomes for growing potatoes for 

 starch. It can also be done by the farmers of 

 the potato-growing states of the East when they 

 bring their lands up to the productiveness they 

 are capable of. 



"The manufacturing of small and waste and 

 rough potatoes every year, feeding the pulp, and 

 making desiccated potatoes in seasons of over- 

 production, will make the potato industry more 

 stable and make the prices more even. 



"With our cheap electric power and coal, as 

 compared with Germany, this manufacturing of 

 potatoes should be more profitable here. 



"The manufacture of alcohol from potatoes 

 keeps the price of gasoline comparatively low in 

 Europe." 



