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Show Potatoes a Modern Food. Only within the Inst century has th. potato become a staple of our dinnei tables, says the Journal of Ilewllty It was first discovered by the Spaniards Span-iards in Ecuador and first mentioned In 15fW). By 1585 it had been brought to North America, whence Sir Walter Raleigh took it to England a year later. Until about a hundred years ago it was despised as a food for human beings, except as an emergency ration I In times of famine, but was widely 1 used as food for aniuials. I a |