Show gas from straw A gas derived from the destructive distillation of straw Is being produced on a small scale at the experimental farm of the united states department of agriculture at arlington va says the be journal of industrial and engineering chemistry in a recent article this gas has been used for motor fuel for cooking and illuminating purposes but its commercial value has not yet been determined the office ot of development work of the bureau of chemistry Is now making a series of tests upon it pounds of straw will produce about cubic feet of gas and the problem of liquefying or condensing the gas in order to enable it to be used practically as aa a motor fuel Is now in process of solution several valuable by products byproducts are obtained during the manufacture of bf the gas gag |