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SINGLE ROOT WEIGHS S3 POUNDSbProduced mi the Faria of A. Felt* at Palau Soli Ob ExhibitionJ.Perhaps the greatest yield ever recorded from a single hill of cassava j is that secured from one hill by J. 1 A. Felts at his place at Palma Sola, j on Palma Sola bay, a few miles j west of Bradentown. i This hill of cassava yielded eighty -seven pounds* of the rich, starchj edible roots. One single root weighed i fifty-three pounds, and that also is | probably a* record. The big root wa ! brought into the city and is on display nt the real estate office e*-I Sharp Roof, on Main street, j lt;a* lt;a\ a root was the source of j bread for the Indian- of the southernjj-in the old days. It is extremely ! rich in March. Baked in its natural state U is an excellent substitute for Irish potatoes. The flour which is made by crating and then drying the root in snow white and very rich innourishment and the starch is extremely smooth. A considerable part of the cassava raised in sout’s Florida is sent to Tampa and Key West where it finds a ready sale among the Cuban people.As a stock feed cassava has few equals, especially for fattening swine.
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Bradentown Evening Herald
Bradentown, Florida, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1923
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