CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I PAGES 



Obigin and Descbiption of the SwEEir Potato ... 1-7 



Description .. 3-5 



Botanical classification . 5-7 



CHAPTER II ' 



Importance and Distbibution . ...... 8-19 



Distriloition .... 10-15 



Climatic requirements and soil types 16-19 



CHAPTER III 



Utilization or the Sweet Potato 20-53 



As food for man . i 21-25 



Composition and food value 21-25 



As food for domestic animals . . . . 25-33 



Sweet potato silage .... ... 28-30 



Roots . 30-32 



Vines .... • • ,• 32-33 



Manufactured products of the sweet potato . . 33-46 



Dehydrated and desiccated sweet potatoes . 34-38 



Sweet potato flour . 38 



Sweet potato pie product . 38 



Sweet potato chips . . ... 39 



Sweet potato sugar . . 39 



Starch manufacture .... . 39-41 



Alcohol manufacture 41-42 



Sirup from sweet potatoes 42-45 



Canned sw6et potatoes ... 45-46 



Domestic cooking of sweet potatoes 46-53 



Baked sweet potatoes 47 



Browned sweet potatoes 47 



Fried sweet potatoes 47 



Candied sweet potatoes 48 



Sweet potato biscuit 48 



Sweet potato bread 48 



Sweet potato mufBus . . . , 49 



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