| Show j starch stancil IV ery plant contains starch and those plant q aich men aboode for food teem w with ith it A hundred parts of wheat flour contain above ei plenty hav parts of starch A hundred amundred pai par ts of pot OPS yield ninety of starch and a h indred ed of 0 omeal ameal yield seventy of starch it is is the therefore theredo refo re e dent delit that starch is the real staff of life starch iq is i s not only onis food for man but for all animals th thit if eat pat green meat moreover statch is actually th food in in early life of plants that produce it wilen when we open a bean we see sec a I 1 little i atle alart inside i au all around that tiny plant is tarch starch the bean to the earth the little pa pant ant groy broj q ind and ird becomes a bean haulm all t the h e time lil fill ili tho leaves leaps and roos are fairly f a ill v launched n it the th business of ilfe life they feed upon the st inch in h v athin the seed aced A sf d in 19 in f et a hoim holm h oiw jiw of food iam jam lai lal 1 up tip by bv the parent p pant ant as nor h m ent for i its t 9 0 i ng lin until ti 1 0 a e I 1 little attl e thino thing thing e rt provide r ovide fuir flir its itself eif elf A potato gito oito I 1 a similar example I 1 1 roots and leaves are produced from the ever eves eyes i I 1 and ind thare tagre bp be growth there is 19 no increase tj 1 I weight for some tim tune whit hat was starch in in he iho interior i anor enor of the pot pol potao polio ao is 13 chan chand d into n to a 8 t pvn p fand fl nd sap sp for fon th thi ne I 1 by the i bi time the store of is exhausted the leaves and roots are produced and the young youns gen generation aeration is independent of the old stock starch in in a plant is analogous P to fat in an animal if the plant plat t has plenty of nour ro ir ishm edt pdt it iava lava 1 lva lya up tip a cd od store of starch ch a ard and nd pl ltv tty of t an fn ariit it or spi s pi is produced prodoc d chich to what we e call a good crop if an animal has plenty of food it becomes fat on the contrary arv when there is a spoor poor crop brit but little st starch archis 13 produce produced dard and animals thit are ill lit fed soon bac barme ame ime lean wilen an I 1 animal eats food that contains starch that s abst anee anoe benes senes two purposes its principal use is to retain of or rather impart warmth for starch is burned within the animals body and it is from this cause that an animal is always warmer than the surround stir rounding ing ins air if more starch is in the food than is required to produce sufficient warmth it is converted into fat and is then laid up in store as it were within the tissues to be re dissolved and burned at a fu ture period thus animals get pet fat in the autumn u mn which fat is consumed for warmth during the winter months till the green agreen leaves come again 1 the ile facility with which starch can 1 hp he converted into either fat or sugar renders it 1 OHP of the tho nosi most important materials with which I 1 the Almi hv v chos to man how alm simple 1 e ye yet t how is his II 11 is p power 0 I 1 ex x I 1 |
