Show I rl r I I Manufacture of Potato Flour Industry Making of Greatest Flour Su Sti Is Developing Into Large Proportions as If War IVar ar Progresses l I MUCH Interest la Is being developed In the subject of or potato flour and other products product In Including stock food tood from roam tho the residue of or the time pota potato to crop This This' subject ha has been brought before the tho people of r the tho west vest mono moro more prominentlY prominently b by re repent reent ent utterances of E E. I K E. Calvin Cal president Jent of oC tho the l Union Pacific railroad who has lias been liEen deeply Interested Inter Inter- ested osted in pl plans ns t to increase food production I I tion and facilitate its shipment Mr Ir Calvin Is quoted In a recent con con- I I I I sensation as saying that thai the time establishment establish establish- ment of potato flour mills throughout hout the potato growing districts of the west cst will do awa ass's away with the tho tremendous losses frequently encountered b by po pota potato po- po O ta tato to growers In Iii a recent conversation with 7 I. I B B. Perrine he lie quoted Mr Ir Calvin Cal as saying saying say say- ing that the time most vital thing to today a I Itu isto M is to tu win tho war wai and produce more food and amid especially wheat This brings up tip tho the question of the be best l substitute tom for wheat flour And amid nfl potato flour has uneven proven Its value and adaptability It Il Is Im therefore ur urged ed that potatoes be grown rown in larger el quantities luC and mills established for Cor the time manufacture of oC potato potato po po- tato flour Potatoes bring 15 per ton field run at the Vie mill and from t twelve leto l e to fourteen tons can be grown to the acre Do Work ork ork Almost all of or the labor on a potato crop ma may be handled b by machinery as ns I the cultivation and amid weeding process of this crop crol JOO may be performed b by the or horse cultivator Potatoes properly washed the time skins removed remove b by machinery and reduced to flour removes remo one ono of or the great creat problems problems lems hems which annually confronts tho the transportation companies as the flour can be packed sacked shipped In ln any or ordinary ordinary or- or freight car while potatoes In their natural form must be handled In winter time when th time the prices are at atthe atthe atthe the highest point in iii refrigerator cars This necessary p precaution has been een a source of or worry to a railway officials an and growers Vcrs alike as frequently cars of oC this class are arc not available n in sufficient suf sur- numbers to handle tIe the crop I hence the time loss experienced in Idaho in inthe inthe the winter of 1017 when it has I been stated the time lack of or shipping accommodations accommodations ac ac- ac- ac forced forcell a loss on lucers of ot nearly nearh therefore outside of or tho the food value of oC potato flour lour its production offers otters a R solution to a serious menace It has been sU suggested ested that mills for tor forthe forthe the manufacture of this lour flour be es established established established es- es In all nil of or the centers clUtters of or tho the potato growing g Industry and that as asan asan ason an on Inducement for farmers to raise a larger larRer crop that the tho factories be built buill and run on tho the operative co plan one one- of or the tIme stock to be sold to the formers farmers and nd the other half to bo be held b by time the promoting company that fur fur- tho the money for or building the plant As a further Inducement the farmers arc are to be allowed to partially j n. n q n. n 10 i I. I t m I- I j S' S hel j with h their potato crop I Mia tic In Germany It Il Is Js stated state by br no less leas an authority than Eugene ne Grubb that there thero wore were IS pounds of potato flour lour Im Imported Imported imPorted Im- Im ported from froum German Germany annually before belore I the war ivar for or use uso b by our bakers confectionery confectionery con con- manufacturers and sani sani- Mr Grubb also emphasizes tho time fact that the residue Is valuable as stock food The loss in drying potatoes removIng removing memos memos' ing lug moisture and residue residua Is ab about ut utis is per por cent ther thereby b leaving U per perCent perCent percent cent available solids and yet et i U II IB is stated by th tho management of oC one ono small Idaho factory factor where the equipment and process of reduction arc are crude that they earned 00 per edit cent on their investment invest ment in 1917 this profit W was wan R made possible b by the low loss cost of potatoes In iii that year To summarize the tho Idea then Is First increase food production Second help tho time farmer earn more from his labor and amid land Third relieve the time potato situation at I selling time caused b by car shortage Fourth save storage cost which amounts to a a. con considerable figure owing to the necessity of ot storage tora e houses to prevent pre freezing freezing- Fifth Filth absence of oC uncertainty about fluctuating market Sixth Its adoption an as a. a substitute for Cor wheat flour Shipping Ad Another feature Is that touched on In the beginning tho tIme shipping may be bedone done dOlle at t any time of or the year as there thero Is nO nb danger from frost trost or em other unfavorable unfavorable un un- un- un favorable conditions an and amid the product may bo be stored In an any dr dry place without without with with- out the tho possibility of or deterioration Itma it ma may moreover moreo be shipped In an any kind of a car that will keep out moisture An Important consideration Is Js the tho Immediate construction of mills so 80 that the they ma may be in operation for tho crop of or Ins or In an any event before the tile war nr Is over oser so 50 that it will not bo be necessary to Import potato flour from Germany or an any other country All An of this class of or flour ha has been brought In heretofore from Gorman Germany where before the war that countr country had In operation mills and from the best beat Information at present available available avail avail- able allie there are aro almost double that number num num- her ber now In iii operation One factor factory at nt l Idaho aho Falls I Ida a. a has hos been leon In operation for a a. year or more and turn turned cd out in 1917 pound fifty sacks Rack a R day at nt a soiling selling price of or from 10 to 1 12 cents a a. pound It Is reported that time the they could have hn disposed d of ot ten times time that Mr 1 Peirl I In discussing the subject subject sub sub- recently emphasized the advisability advisability advis ls ab ability III t of or running the tile mills on a n co cooperative cooperative co- co operative plan thereby letting the thc farmers farmers farmers far far- mers In iii on the manufacturing profit and at the same time educate them along the tho line of or potato production and Its possibilities Mixture When hen bakers were buying buying- German nan potato flour the they used 5 per PCt cent In iii mixture for tor bread and S per cent for or sweet cakes and it has hall been demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- that this percent owing to the peculiar consistency of or potato flour does oes away asay with the necessity lt of or using so large a quantity of ot shortening hort and SU sugar 11 1 In iii fact the time saving on the these o two commodities is sufficient to cover er the tho cost of or flour lour and anU tho timo users fIl say results In more palatable and nutritious bread and pastry Mr Ir Calvin recently remarked renaC to Mr 11 Perrine that tho the People must bo more thor thoroughly educated d to time the tact fact that I tho the most i Important feature In the winning win win- ming ning of or time tile war Is 18 Increased food oo production production pro pro- and especially wheat which leads heads u us up lip to time the subject of oC title this sub- sub potato flour every er pound of or I potato flour Clour In nourishment I I n C and tind strength giving an equal amount i of ot wheat flour and amid It also o Is a more profitable for the time farmer flamer crop rOil om u ua us each unit of or nourishment l is produced with less labor and finally Its production ben benefits elite er c everybody od Mr Ir who has been in iii southern south south- em ern California recently states M that he ime stopped topped for a. a day In LOS Angeles on his wa way home homo and discussed this subject subject sub sill with Ith Fred ann general g traffic mana manager ler of or the time Salt SaIl l Lake ako 0 Houte Route who Is a live man in railway a circles and amid andIn In is much Interested In the tIme cd production pro pro- of food Mr Ir ann AVann was seas en enthusiastic enthusiastic en- en about the possibilities of or the tile production of or potato flour and amid Is plan- plan liing to do 10 lo everything e pos possible to aid I mh hl Th I. 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