MANUFACTURE OF STARCH.
The American correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says:—“l know New Zealanders take a hint kindly, even though they never intend to profit by it. Now, as you are trying to make both ends meet and pay your taxes, and as you have not a very large market for your produce, would it not be well to establish manufactures when yon can ? In the State of Maine, for several years, there was no demand for potatoes, but the farmers did not give up growing them. Co-operative starch factories were established to convert the potatoes into starch, and there are now 22 of them in one country alone in that State, These factories run 90 days each season, and will use three million bushel of potatoes, at 20 cents, or lOd per bushel. This provides a local market for the potato crop of the country to the extent of £120,000, creates labour, and encourages the farmers. Starch will sell when potatoes are unsaleable. Why not try it ?
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Patea Mail, 28 May 1881, Page 4
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