284 The Potato 



is cold, add some linseed oil or fat. For confined layers, 

 the proportion of potato should be reduced. Malt culms 

 or sprouts are very good in combination with potatoes. 



Indian meal, barley meal and rice meal should not be 

 fed in combination with potatoes, for they lack nitrogen 

 matter. 



For fattening poultry, large amounts of potato can be 

 used. Ducks, geese and turkeys fatten well on a mixture 

 of potato and midds. 



Dried dessicated 'potatoes 



In Germany the manufacture of potato cakes is estab- 

 lished, and these can be used as a food. The cakes, of 

 course, are much smaller in bulk than the fresh potatoes, 

 but after the soaking in water before using, their original 

 character is regained. While the flavor and appearance 

 cannot equal those of good fresh potatoes, they are con- 

 sidered appetizing and acceptable wdiere fresh ones are 

 unobtainable. In this form they can be easily preserved 

 in the tropics and in the arctic region and thus furnish 

 an excellent article of diet in a convenient form for trans- 

 portation. 



Potato flour 



In Germany the manufacture of potato flour is very 

 much advanced. Rye flour is improved for baking by 

 its addition. During the winter of 1914-1915, when 

 there was a shortage of flour, owing to the European 

 war, potato flour was used to make cakes and bread. 

 Cakemakers and confectioners used it mixed with wheat 

 flour. 



