| Show Gas Gu From Straw A gal gag derived from the destructive I distillation of straw Is being produced I Ion on a small scale at the experimental farm of the States Department of or Agriculture at Arlington Va says the Journal Journ of ot Industrial and Engineering Engineering Engi Engl- nee g Chemistry In a recent artl article le This gas has been used for motor fuel for cooking and and Illuminating purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses but Its commercial value has hils no nol yet et been determined The office of or development nt work of ot the bureau of chemistry Is now making a series serles of ot tests upon It Fifty pounds of ot straw will produce about cubic teet feet of gas gns and the the problem of or liquefying or condensing the gas In In order to enable it to be used practically as as a motor fuel tuel Is now In Ln process of solution Several Se valuable by products byproducts are obtained ob tamped d during the manufacture of ot the gas gns |
