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Indian Farming July 1949

1949

The ordinary potato belongs to the botanical family of Solanceae and the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) to the family of Convolvulaceae. [...] It was the demand of the Army for dehydrated food during World War II and stoppage of normal imports from abroad of root starch (which America makes use of to the extent of hundreds of millions of pounds annually) that brought out the importance of sweet potato in the U.S. [...] The percentage of starch in sweet potato has been found to vary from 19 to 32 per cent according to the strains climatic conditions of the region and the date of planting and harvesting. [...] A. ordinary potatoes the highest yield calculated on an acreage basis was of the order of 220 maunds from the strain Essex On the other hand the highest yield of sweet potato was of the order of 435 maunds from the Bengal White variety and 388 maunds from U.S. [...] (c) From the records of the yields of roots from rows planted at different dates it was found that the yields from the first rows of the different strains were invariably higher than those from the latest plantings of the cuttings in the third rows.

agriculture environment
Pages
55
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii U. N. Chatterjee view
Frontmatter
i-viii U. N. Chatterjee view
Forest Problems of Asia
283-285 U. N. Chatterjee view
The Use of Cows for Work
286-287 U. N. Chatterjee view
Sweet Potato
288-292 B. Sen view
Vegetable Seed Production in the Kulu Valley
293-297 Swarn Purewal view
Suggestions for Agricultural Development in India
298-300 S. Singh view
Training Middle-Class Families in Practical Agriculture
301-303 Debendra Mitra view
What the Scientists are doing
304-304 U. N. Chatterjee view
You ask We answer
305-305 U. N. Chatterjee view
What’s doing in All-India
306-308 U. N. Chatterjee view
Across the Borders
309-310 U. N. Chatterjee view
Home Gleanings
311-316 U. N. Chatterjee view
Book Reviews
317-317 U. N. Chatterjee view
News and Views
318-320 U. N. Chatterjee view

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