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Show FUTURE OF THE CHESTNUT. Probability It Soon Will Become a Staple Food. Tho potato long ago conquered tho larders of many parts of tho world. Tho chestnut Is, on tho contrary, nn almost undiscovered food, nt least In lCughnd and tho United Stntcs. Yet scientists tell us that tho chestnut is a moro nutritious food than tho potato. They nro very much nllko In their constituents, these two foods, only tho chestnut hns moro of tho nutrltlvo elements ele-ments for Its weight than hns tho potato. po-tato. Tho potato Is 70 per cent water wa-ter and tho chestnut only 53 per cent. Tho chestnut has threo times ns much protold, almost twlco as much starch, four times ns much sugar nnd gum, twenty times ns much fat and about tho samo percontngo of mlnernl mnt-ter mnt-ter ns has tho potato. Tho potato's lack of fat makes it necessary to put butter on it to make it palatable. Tho chestnut Is buttered butter-ed by nature. Yet, as compared with most other nuts, tho chestnut Is superior supe-rior becnuso tho others contain such nn excess of fnt often 50 to 60 per cent that they nro'lndlgestiblo. Tho chestnut has llttlo over 2 per cent Bako or roast jour chestnuts and you havo as good food as anyono could want. If tho chestnut had an unplensant flavor, or If It was hnrd to ralso It, thcro would bo no causo for wonder In tho fnlluro to utlltzo it as food on a largo scale. But ns a matter of fact It Is said that a given nroa of land will produce tho maximum amount ot food posslblo when planted with chestnut trees. however, tho neglect of tho chestnut chest-nut mny not bo nil n misfortune. In the days to come, when tho hen, tho potato vine, tho applo treo nnd tho stock rango aro till working Industriously Industri-ously and exclusively In tho servlco of tho cold storago company, It mny bo a comfort to havo tho chestnut treo to fall hack upon, which can cater to us without cold storngo Intermediation. |