30 A HiCB Substitute. 
diBg nad 13 «%ten along with hU Qah or sugar 
fti (he cise may be. Before piaciag ifi In 
the wurer hn generally add» aalt and eptoe to 
his tftBte. There are mauy obber wave maoh 
<more pilarable, a grear. Qnoaber of which 
we have already deaoribed io oar former 
arrioJeu. 
We may add that tapioca Meal or 
Pomaoe prop&rly maie hat excellen^n keep* 
iagqnahties and if plaoed io a cirj jar, 
Wt}U covered, wlthoOG being he m^tioAlly 
■hae» will keep for a loDg time, at least one 
year. 
Selbotiob Of Qaotmo. 
Tnpiaoa should oos be growa in awampy 
laoda nor in dry or clayey bovIb which 
are deSclent; io hamiis* Id eandy place«, 
tapiuca hm a very poor growth F3;cepb 
when it oooTaiDB a fair proporcioo of laamy 
\ sob^'tBiicaa. Tapioca thriirea bcsc in^ oew 
^learinga iadep^ndfintly of the nature of 
the doll ; it is im material wbe'htir the land 
be atopiog or flat, bat the taber shows 
great preference f*>r n-wly opened placce 
when it is reooiarkEibla for ita srout^ueit 
GrowQ in blacfe soil, Tutpioo* dtT .lops 
cobuat st^alks bnt at) th^ enpenae of the 
tnber rootJ while in clayey s ml, thi yield 
ia very limioed. Tapioc« dreads abady 
.placfs and the more it i^ expuaed to the 
rays of tlio ann, the better lor ita growth. 
It proapera pr*cSiical y everywhere, 
bnti fears strong winds owing to the 
fragility of the stalk,, which shonld 
be primed to abont 2 fe^t from the ground 
in places where atrong gaata of wind are o£ 
frequent ocaqrrenca and the liiboar ia avitil- 
-able for aach a purpose. 
