1 pint mashed potatoes
1 pint water
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons, heaping, flour

Mix while hot, let cool, and add one yeast cake. Set away until needed.
To make bread with it, cook 3 small potatoes, mash; while hot, add the water the potatoes were cooked in (about 1 quart), 2 tablespoons flour and 2 of sugar. Beat thoroughly and let stand until cool, then add to the first mixture. In the morning, stir well and take out about 1 cup of the mixture. Have about 15 cups of flour in bowl (arranged with flour having hollow in center), put in yeast and two-thirds pint warm water to 2 pints yeast. Add 1 tablespoon sugar and mix up stiff. Let rise to twice the original size; mold into loaves; let rise and bake.