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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2789, 12 May 1911, Page 2

Speaking to a representative of the Wairaiapa Daily Times recently in regard to the best method of fattening pigs a resident of the district stated that potatoes, even when infected to some extent with blight, could be safely used for pigs'food it steamed. They should not be boiled as in that case they would keep the pigs growing very slowly. Boiling caused the starch to come out in the water and the potatoes became deficient in nutriment and tended to promote indigestion in consequence. When steamed they would produce more than 50 per cent of flesh and fat.