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up to heather, two miles distant. This was re- 

 claiming and building up the fertility of this land. 

 It was seeded to pasture grasses and 00 acres 

 furnished grazing for 300 head of stock. 



"The pulp or waste is used for stock feeding, the 

 same as beet pulp from sugar-beet factories, but 

 the Germans prolong its use more than we do by 

 drying it so that it retains its feeding value for a 

 year. It is mostly used for cow and pig feed. 



"Farmers who live long distances from the 

 factory manufacture coarse or crude starch on their 

 farms and ship the gross product to the factory for 

 refining and manufacturing, saving the transpor- 

 tation on raw potatoes and keeping the pulp for 

 their stock. 



"Potato flour is usually called rough starch. 

 The process of manufacturing has recently been 

 very greatly improved and still greater improve- 

 ments are now contemplated. 



"The price of starch and flour is the same. It 

 is ruled by the price of wheat and sells at about 

 the same price per hundred. 



"Rye flour is improved for baking by its ad- 

 dition. Cake makers and confectioners use it 

 mixed with wheat flour. It makes delicious and 

 nutritious puddings and cakes. The usual price 

 is $5 per barrel of 200 pounds. 



"When the manager was asked why they had 

 so many casks racked up at a starch factory, he 

 replied : 'I had hoped you would not see them or 

 ask me about them. They are casks in which we 

 ship glucose in to the confectioners of London, 

 Paris, Berlin, and other large cities.' 



"This glucose is one of the by-products of the 

 factory. It is of the highest quality and brings 

 more money than glucose manufactured from 



