1 MARCH 1940, Page 17

Food or Fodder In times of economy we maintain too

sharp a contrast be- tween food and fodder. Some fodder is better than some food. I would, for example, mention among a school of gourmets that the swede, used almost exclusively as a field crop, is greatly superior to the garden turnip if that vegetable is allowed to reach any considerable dimensions. The Kohl Rabi, very little grown in gardens, is better than either. It looks like a sort of turnip, but the swollen bulb is in reality a stem and not a root. Since vegetables have risen to the status of war-winners, it is wise to increase this variety. There is something to be said for eating that early form of wild spinach, the young stinging nettle.