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  2. Bitter Cassava or Tapioca Plant. MANIHOT UTILISSIMA, POHL.).

    The bitter cassava is a half-shrubby perennial, with slender, erect stems 5ft to 9ft in height (these measurements are the observations the writer has made on the growth of the plant in this country). The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 843 words
  3. CULTIVATION.

    The only cultivation that is necessary is to see that the soil between the rows is worked occasionally with the scarifier or hoe, and the weeds kept down until the young plants have made about ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. LIFTING THE CROP.

    In about nine or ten months (though the roots will not deteriorate if left in the ground for nearly twelve months) from the time the cuttings were planted, the crop will he ready for lifting. ...

    Article : 217 words
  5. USES.

    Tapioca, like most other kinds of starches, is devoid of irritating and stimulating properties. It is extensively employed for making into puddings, etc. Boiled in water or milk and flavored ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. Fatal Effects on Crops Through the Use of Nitrate of Soda.

    The following article is translated from "Le Precurseur": Some days ago we heard that in different villages of the West Flanders, Silvezeele, Wygene, etc., the use of nitrate of soda ...

    Article : 738 words
  7. ANALYSIS.

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  8. PROPAGATION.

    There is no plant that the writer knows of that is more easily propagated than the cassava. There ls no loss of product in planting the crop, as pieces of the stalk are used, and not the root. ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. MANUFACTURE.

    Bentley says: "Cassava meal, which, is largely employed in making the cassava bread or oakes, in common use by the inhabitants of tropical America as food, is obtained by grating the washed roots, ...

    Article : 584 words
  10. PLANTING.

    The cuttings are best put in during September or October, and to facilitate cultivation and lifting the crop when mature, they should be set out in straight rows 4ft apart, and 4ft apart in the rows. ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. SITE FORY A PLANTATION.

    The cassava plant being a purely sub-tropical one cannot be grown as a comimercial product much further south than the Hunter River in this colony, but there are plenty of suitable sites ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. SOIL.

    The soil that suits the cassava plant best is a deep, friable, sandy leam, but it can be grown on other soils, provided that they are deep, easy to work, and naturally well drained. A wet ...

    Article : 283 words
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