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RefNoMS/527/2/14/56
LevelItem
TitleStatement, West Indies [Caribbean] food products
DateAugust 1917
DescriptionBrings together advice from Sir Sydney Oliver, H M Cousins and the Food Supply Committee at the Jamaica Agricultural Society, and A Aspinall of the West India Commission. Gives the current view that only two products are worth investigating (banana chips and sweet potato) -- notes that neither can replace wheat or oats, though could be a limited substitute -- that experiments show banana meal is not suited for bread but might be used in cakes, though its would not be of great value. On sweet potatoes, points out that they are easy to grow, and if imported dried could be milled and used in baking. Suggests that the questions to be addressed are whether it is advisable to encourage sweet potato production and at what quantities.
Extent4pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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