A POTATO ROMANCE.
Notwithstanding the inferiority of tho soil and climate of Germany for potato-growing, the industry there lias been increasing by leaps and bounds. This is due, not to the fact that the Germans are larger eaters of the potato than other nations, but to tho subsidiary industries which have been developed in connection with it. These industries include the making of potato-spirit, motor-spirit, starch, potato Hour,' dextrose, glucoso, and artificial sago. The potato crop, from first to last, gives employment in Germany to over 2,000,000 persons. Although some of these by-products of tho potato are consumed by the Germans themselves, thoy are also largely exported. England receives, it need hardly be said, more than hor fair share of them. Dextrose, which is used by English brewers iiir stead of barley, is obtained from Germany. Over and over again farmers in England havo been urged to take up the question of the production of potato-spirit. It has been found so profitable by our German competitors that they have erected over 6500 distilleries for this purpose. At the present time Germany produces onefourth of the total potato crop of Europe and tho United States of America. This is a great achievement. The interesting part of it to tho English farmer is that it has only been brought about by the careful study of his own methods of potatogrowing.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 42, 30 May 1910, Page 3
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228A POTATO ROMANCE. Bruce Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 42, 30 May 1910, Page 3
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