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uring the coming win 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE “AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
stored from n former ya for their food supply ary gial tion of any and every kind of grain and) word for 
Sa an od, 
[Ocroser 27, 1860. 
tritive), in that the arani kip: not 
affo rd the amount of Potatoes for mixin when 
Judgi 
eR, II, 
i Oatmeal p bagh appear ` ond Ter asa a kaiii 
material, a fact indeed proved by all who habit- 
daily partake of it 
But of all the “agitate productions there are 
. —— Let us remind intending exhibitors at the order to eng at this matter we w 
ne a of the “ee ree Club, tha diret atentio on to the ‘‘ case” with Potatoes in 
ko entries Show r. Brax- | We models of some ae r best bai of this 
oe ty 6 T Senetanrs at sth otier ‘ag pie then side by side taak arranged in neat 
of Halfmoon Buseck, Piccadilly, W., on or before pitte. pat rtitions sectors »t on following eom- 
the 1st of November. of 100 Ibs. of Potat 
BLE <a ARRANGED Ag 
? 
Tr the present cold wet season has not been produc- ee ee ee 
= of the usual number of Fungi, it has at least Hota + 0.4 Flesh Formers .. .. pe 
n prolific in species which do not usually make | pat., ) 03( (Mineral matter.. <. 09 
their appearance in this country; Amongst other | Fibre a 
ous matters which have come under Ashes 09 
Kersotim, is an soaps of Rye, which, if it wer As 
jr Ne might b of serious consequence. he Here then we trace seven substances that enter 
Sun and seed i infested with little patches into the compos sition of the Potato, which united 
a bright red jell 
tha, cuticle, pokes dious it at haan oozes out, an 
forms at first distinct and then effused spots, |h 
none so niin in muscle-makin ng matter as the Pea 
and none ais ch life can be so cheaply 
atiintaibe 
resembling very sony those which are so common | 
on on ad Nettle ste azanis geia a 
| of Potatoes, which n 2 105 » 75 lbs, 
is water, “and the phi Lee indiferent ‘feedin ng 
matter. However all c s Museum 
ann 
and we would, therefore, recommend a purchase | 
the hundred ; what iar 
nd}is the Sar wh vabvlutely 75.2 Tbs. out of the Taki ng the en, the Pe ea with x Pome mropertior'« va 
undred are water / and we shall not readily forget 7 Ten advocate 
the e huge] bottle of water we there sa wi e, ustrate its use if not as a substitute for t e Potato, yet as 
part verage Potatoes, | the, vegetable best not merely for sup- 
Tt ik Chen wonk Ww are go os ha Kensington plying the void created by a failing Potato crop, 
Museum to be satisfied that out of or lbs. aes as affording oor ial aR OP of 
supplying hi meelf aly 
food, and at a far less cost pe rin pap: seasons 
than that of the Potato, taking, of course, the 
position that he has to buy his Potatoes — if 
Nees v ho found his plant on the “ should be a successful grower is after all not 
lumes and seeds of the common ag rh rT It is hk Guide to the Food Collection in the clear that he had not better och 4 this peak to 
= out pee ai Museum, by Dr. LANKESTER, 
1e that I find no globose a? intermixed, but | Super af the Awana” Peodusts “and pres to whom they are wholesome not altogether 
this.is merely a circumstance depends v ood í A ORBEA / 3 prie paba which ‘ood, pe ut as a diluent of the more stimulating 
difference of condition and structure. we comaivnehthe ares mpa nyin g Table, fin aoma an i eal wk 4 
The gd is apparently due to wes amp con- onder to at once put the ee = possession of the t ss of Pen we satisfied of t re Ie og food jay 
dition of th popore and abse direct | di fference between the components of Potatoes and ae anco ae Eyt IPEF. f the 
sunlight for so many weeks, a and is therefore other ‘ food- aan summin pe ie matters, for | ES: etted its neglect in favour o 
beyond the control of the cultivator. the sake of evity, into „Water, flesh-formers, lange cropper, ‘he pozo ip grown, = a ee 
tl water-logg: ‘otato, an rther we have been 
which we have never before been ate to find > and baci cS meh a g convinced that the moral and socia! well- 
we now think it probable that the very singular eats tad ie benga of the British labourer eac = smu 
Fries found belon, nging to the genus iei ar ag which Water ars its pes proportion as he has relied upon this tuber, to 
= - arley Saper Zoa i ag Formers, Eana Eaa ee of better feeding plan ants—a § subject upon 
in a yer August, may turn = in an ice 13.5 65 | 79.5 0.5 hich 
The st i ps clothed w ith lo ong white woolly Basler Ts N | ee 1.6 ” However this may be viewed by some as spect 
a ~ hart oe out ine ion and bearing piia Yoatmeal) 13.6 170 664 a ue xe we see that the Po Hari is at ean a a 
20 of: yellow ‘ell The spores tka Indian Corn) 14.0 12.0 73.0 1.0 ilure can read to the r man or 
ped by ig pete than in the Puuces iiei ie ek p ae Loge ha 3 po one at its high market price, and hence then 
the plant itself is superfici in | bea RCS xe 26.6 5 | 15. |he is ofn | to e feeding 
the present ise from the article in its stead. giy- e 
the eman | the best and cheapest 
en | an 
ich | is those substances which, through ‘ae heat engen- 
a | dered 
e Po aioe 
hie s0 $ ne a t , that 
by their chemical decomposition in 
arm ; whils 
the 
ridionlously sm mall in a food to be so much trusted 
as is the Potato. 
But in order to put this in a still clearer light 
slit t may be well _ atase; that it has been ascertained 
er diem esh fo rmers is 
4 
can be obtained ; 
them not e ap o Bar A ake out other footie 2 
matters, for whieh purpose nae a find that there 
are different sorts which ¢ sed in yarious 
ways, viz. :— 
this form the gray Peas as being 
softer are well adapted for parching o gis. with 
alittle butter or fat of any kind; ‘orm 
too they will be found in every hux er s s shop a 
towns and villages of the Sussex coast, and in 
shaj 9 they are constantly porata of by children 
and others te an agree eable halfpenny or penny- 
worth of “ 
Whole c or Spike —In this shape baiting ro are 
i | 
crop t 
neighbour, will be induced to part with a pation 
of his store for so mu uch coin in that he wae 
ing m man, so that the - following Table. will oad the 
none. with 
both the question will be a apre sssing one. What are 
we to eat as c substitute for mas Potato? And 
e not paying dearly for what is 
call eongu mers of Potatoes, 
at a less 
cong the 
a sale of thought 
neertain in its yie. 
ae Id | ¢ 
and ons = liable to a should be so impli- | 
as her —_ i Now in or 
is m 
terial which any one near 
a Ho by looking o 
the aan ensington 
their relative 
‘better circ hl ceed 
what they oa - in paying 3 them at the resent Rice 
high Wheat Flour 
3; whilst | Po 
of Potato 
y |in 
will 
require to make up that are oa an 
eaeeeinstiat g thp p eee ost of e 
IVE Q AND PRICES oF 
| Quantities. Average oogt: cost- 
~ 
Efovmennen tf 
pans i pes, 
gen 
ae i 
This Table i hepa pe bd 
tatoes is 
me year this 
Ta able 
e present 
ing into consideration 
| their e price 
qualities eo capabilities at the 
I at our 
shall find = = 
either in propertie: rice, sọ 
"A — h Ea ahime in fayour of Wheaten bread, 
y at aoe nee see that with the present dearness 
, bread, even though it has advanced 
rice, a Er more than half the price of Potatoes; 
| and as er are so dear „we may reckon that 
our loaf will be eyen more ‘proof,’ (the country 
of | as meat itself, and indeed much more so 
M | little oi 
village soon eed a fo ere the 
eat of any kind, m 
read rikar, ja , Carrot, or other 
s it may occur to some to quote the 
= o said «How "silly 
re She poor Lage a 1 she would “rather eat 
of 
a 
pon 
- bacon. But rine _ advocates for tn in pe 
flavour to possi 
wane ie "wo wini trusts to the Potato at pat 
dit A pear be li twice ae and he 
a pled he diluted hi 
ond to him then ont Potato is an 
object of importance, not as his die nl est r 
wholesome diluent thereof, as well as of thi 
M | that he usually takes pease pudding with, m 
esl 
Ae , a meat of highest heat-giving bu at lowest at 
1 | forming properties of any kind usually em 
ord, nee nd Peas. Pease Meal ma: in Hag 
bad mixture in baking, as an so Maina. to 
mixed with a little boiling milk and 
* For recipe, see Notices to Correspondents. 
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