Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 16

TA—16 #** CHEMISTS FINDING | WILD PLANT VALUE New Sources for Food and Drugs Revealed in Studies of Many Weeds. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Hundreds of weeds and wild plants now are being studied by the carbo- hydrate division of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Chemistry and a rich source of starch has been féund. From this root a flour can be made which was the chief constituent of the bread of the Seminole Indlans when they were hard-pressed in their wars with the whites. Western Plants Studied. Most of the plants studied to date are found west of the Mississippl. This is because the chief source of “tips” regarding their fcod and other value lies in the reports of ethnolo- gists who have studicd the food habits of various Indian tribes. The Eastern Indians were largely killed off before anybody took the trouble to examine their menus. The plints are being gathered by Forest Service workers in co-operation with the chemistry bureau. Each plant is first given a hasty | analysis, after an examination of the references concerning it. , This reveals whether it is worth being set aside for | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, DISTRICT A NEW COMPLETE D. G. S. STORE TO BETTER SERVE OUR EVER-INCREASING NUMBER OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931. FRESH FISH 40 FATHOM FILLET . . . Ib., 25¢ 1620 A Street S.E. WM. GLASSMAN, OWNER PHONE LINCOLN 10407 Visit our new store and you will receive the same high quality merchandise at low prices and personal attention, serv- ice and free delivery as in all our stores. Soils in a study of the latent plant wealth of the country. A list of approximately 1,000 plants further study. The majority can be | discarded after this first analysis. Some of the most valuable plants used by the | has been prepared. all of which are sus- | Indians, it is explained, were taken Pacted of containing substances, mostly | Over almost immediately by the carliest starches and sugars, which are avail- | settlers. These include corn, the potato, able for food and industrial uses. Many | the squash and the bean. Others were ‘of them were used by the aboriginal in- | Passcd over altogether and, were it not | habitants, but for the most part the | for the present investigation, might be food content is so low or so difficult to | lost sight of altogether. extract that it would not be profitable | Best Being Grown. "9 . SEEREENNEEEY: - e __ [l . Meats in All Our Stores New Alchol Found. o g e it | GUNDERSHEIMER'S JIM DANDY Z meats (the kind sold in D. G. S. Stores) at excep- Already this research has resulted § "o noricion of the bureau to de- 2 g Z ’ tionally low prices. Check this price list for the A tn’ the. discovery of one new _alcohol, thert vl termine the practicability of introduc- hitherto unknown to"sclence. It comes | termine the practicability of introduc. % oy 25¢ z ¢ kind of meat you want for your Sunday dini B S S SR SRR SR URRRNN PO R S OT R R RERRRRRRRR » % y dinner and sasasd RS0ty Mountatn rosion whieh bears a | development, it is poined o & may » SHOP AT YOUR NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD D. G. S. STORE WASHING FLOURTCN . 12MWs4]1c| WHERE YOU CAN BUY YOUR TABLE SUPPLIES AT GREATER SAVINGS Awer, 'The méw Substance, which has | Of Some plant products - which now | copmen. 1. q7c| o GENUINE SPRING FANCY o0 e 12 47¢| LEG 0’ LAMB | VEAL ROAST been named sagittol, has an odor very | POTATO CHIPS. . . piy. PRUNES. .. .. 2-b.pke.19¢ c Pound z l c similar to camphor, ' © - 1 | eapler it wes pommoed ott thet farmers SUNSWEET BUCKEYE 3 can L (] R 49(: SPRING RIB LAMB CHOPS. ... SHOULDER CLOD ROAST.... ROUND STEAK THREE-CORNER ROAST. . | will grow them in place of some of . IAARERAEENARIRANNESN RIS A suasanay | VEAL CHOPS, RIB OR LOIN. FOUNTAIN BRAND HAMS he substance inulin, similar in its | ¥ i m erties to starch but,a compound of | the erops now suffering from over-pro- | VITALIZED 4 HANMgé{?RG STEAK.. .. BREAST LAMB E A GRA TS ¢ | TE BEEF LIVER. PLATE BOILING BEEF. . : S — J AUTH’S FRANKFURTERS.. NULATED ar levulose as starch s @ COM. | charge cf Dr. H. S. Paine, chief of the carbohydrate division. BREAST VEAL CHUCKROAST . . . . ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢« - 19 RAY PROCESS H . Prime Choice zsc 214 B2 i 49¢ d by the Indians and various FANCY RIB ROAST o 29€ G 3-Lb. Can, 55¢ bearing tubers are eaten in Lb. Lb. AARARVNANNRAARENNNN NN BLUE RIBBON ntal countries. Up to the present | g SHOULDER LAMB ROAST + 21¢ MALT SYRUP... can 49c he white man has been a starch eater, | Dauville Votex Eriday. SPRING PINK can 1 21/2(: FANCY BUTTER FISH . .lb., 12%sc FANCY BOSTON MACKEREL, Ib., 18¢ | 4 J 2 Prices on meats like on other food products are lower than they have been in years. You can now afford to buy the highest quality A rich layer cake, made from a per- tecily “bal- anced recipe. 2 S e S SN TR 85 AYRSHIRE BUTTER.......... " 35Bc CHEESE..........."25¢c 25¢ ALDERNEY GREEN MEADOW . 15¢ of the wild onion, and balsam root. All | little interest here. The movement is | these were eaten by the red men. It to be determined at the polls Friday. 5 contained in the roots of the golden- | While the Election Board has completed | preparations for the voting, little inter- | Tod, the dandelion and the burdock. | ¢ "hag heen manifested by the voters. Licorice Yields New Substance. In the wild licorice plant has been| found the chemical substance glycyr- | rhizin, which is nearly identical with | the licorice principle used in candy, | except, that it is bitter instead of sweet. | The bitter drug has considerable value 3 in_pharmacy. ( Guarantee Bureau chemists have secured, for the | 100%PURE first time in many years, a_quantity| of the drug anhalonin, which s ob- | tained from an Arizona cactus, which was used by the Indians for its votcnl‘} \‘PERMIT 52 - OI1L ” FheBest Oil inthe World intoxicating properties. Practically the only work on anhalonin was done in| Why Don’t You Try It? MILK. . HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE SYRUP HERSHEY’S COCOA Pound . 29¢ .1b. 35¢ . 19¢ . 2lc <o 15 ! Germany nearly 30 years ago. It is an alkaloid of the same general chemical family as morphine, and is known to have a powerful effect on the human nervous system. Large doses are fatal. Apparently it has none of the pain- iliing properties of some of the alka- oids. ‘With Sunchine By An Original ULTRA-VIOLET What a beating an oil must take at 50 .. . 60 ... 70 miles an hour! And what an oil it takes to stand it! Autocrat stands because it is'a HIGH SPEED MOTOR OIL — deliberately made to hold together and keep on Tannin Source Revealed. | In carnaigre, a New Mexican plant, | has been found a rich source of tannin, used for preparing leathers and ob- tained chiefly in the past from the Sources Another CARAEEANRANERANSE ¥ ’ % 4 PA 4 bA 4 PA kA 4 4 s % Z H ¢ 7 H H Z Z Z Z K N 2 of the oak and chestnut. of tannin, are badly needed. substance for which the bureau chem- ists are seeking is cellulose, which now has a new value because of the growing rayon industry. Practically every plant has some of it, but the most abundant | source to date among the plants being | tested is the balsam root. | In the roots of zamia floridana, a| tuber-growing plant of the Everglades, | AT AR EAA SRR NNE LIBBY’S DE LUXE PEACHES. . .. lge.can 19¢ LIBBY’S SLICED 1 PINEAPPLE i v 2 for25¢ 0. 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