30 OCT 1970 
A RICE SUBSTITUTE. 
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TAPIOCA AND ITS US^IS, 
BY LEOPOLD ES-CHASSERIAU, 
No itone ahonld be left aotaroed to sap- 
-plenieot onr rie?i abortage after receiving 
9tich timely warriDgrs dnrin^ the pstst year 
of an imp«nr*infl; food ofisis. Tbat ta why, 
Mr, Efiiior, at your fpeciat request, I here- 
wirb spnd ton theie few notea on tapiooft. 
Thh coDtribntfoD, the o a come cf mfttiy 
years' fxpenence «iid reaearchi ta 
ftbonb a stibjeot I io7e8tii;;(itf>'i tborooi^bly 
titidc-r \\% virioaa BSjpf ctt, first of »\\ m 
Singapore with nay fsbljer who w%s coo- 
Btdered n t^piooa piRn^er of mm% diBttnc- 
tioD. He himself opened the two wtfl- 
known MslakofF and Almr^ Estates in 
Provioce Wellealey^ Oa tha laan named 
B^tftte we grew and maDnfncbiired Upiooa 
for a good many f eara prior to the robber 
boom, aod later on in Kedah, MoreoveT, 
aa I'e were aaxioQ^ to (ret ftti Ler informa- 
tion a boat the pecatiaritiefl and proper tiea 
of tbe tnber wiih a view to makioj; in a 
SEood commercial prodnob, we visited ja^a 
Huraatrai BorDeo, CcKibin-tlhiiia and Siam 
and we gat into touch with many friendly 
plautert In different ptrti ot the woHd, all 
of wfaom displayed great kecQDesa in 
'Mohanp^of views on a topic of oammon 
in»er«at. 
Ic ia owing t)C tbe kindly aasiataoca of 
of these co-workera, that w© m%tm able to 
Goli«ot and ooiiate tbea* varl^t notei and 
I am very glad to offer them to*day 
for the pernssi of the inhabitants 
of thia countryp laroogU tbe tuedinm 
B0293 708™" 
