20 BULLETIN 1055, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The average waste in peeling all potatoes handled during 1915, 

 1916, and 1917 was 12.47 per cent, and the quantity of chips produced 

 averaged 29.85 per cent of the weight before peeling. Commercial 

 men figure on getting between 15 and 27 per cent of chips from each 

 barrel or sack of potatoes. 



Approximately half a pound of oil was used for every pound of 

 chips produced. 



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