Show A SMALL f DENATURED ALCOHOL PLANT IN USE minnesota experiment station takes up work of testing practicability of small still since the removal of the internal revenue tax on denatured alcohol by ron gresa much general interest has as carted itself regarding the form of manufacture of the product so tar little has resulted except in the way t experimentation the minnesota experiment station la one of the first to take up the work and Is now ing a small still the illustration shows the outfit that has recently been installed for the manufacture of denatured alcohol on a small scale applicable to farm conditions it was necessary to am port the still from france where al cohol Is successfully made on the farm as no manufacturer in this country engaged in the construction and erection of distilling plants ap per receiving tank 5 the alcohol la by a revenue officer who adds ten per cent wood alcohol or other chemicals BO as to render it unsuitable for internal use experiment stations founded by the united states government are permitted to operate these stills tor experimental purposes and decatur ye tho alcohol on the same day it Is distilled the person operating the plant executes a 1000 bond as a gu anntee that the alcohol will be used only for purposes of lug in the case of the farmer the alcohol would have to remain in the sealed tank and be by a government official the still must bo operated in accord with the rev denue regulations otherwise one would denatured alcohol plant in operation at minnesota experiment station pears to make euch small outfits the cheapest one that could be supplied by an american firm cost about 10 the plant consists of a malting vat 6 an old cheese vat supplied with hot and cold water for regulating the temperature during the fermentation process the cull potatoes low grade grain or whatever material Is used Is after grinding and suitable leal preparation placed in the vat where it Is fermented with yeast and alcohol Is formed the fermented product is then placed in the still 2 a alre Is kindled in the fire box 1 and the alcohol Is vaporizer vaporized passes through the tube 11 into the condenser 3 where it Is cooled and the condenser Is supplied at with cold running water the alcohol delivered from the condenser at 4 Is passed into the sealed cop bo subject to fine and imprisonment no alcohol has yet been made in salu but a number of experiments us ng various farm products are con tempt ltd the plant has been installed both for experimental and instruction pur poses and as the work progresses reports will be issued giving alon upon the subject in response to the numerous inquiries which haqq been received the still cost duty free the freight and in stalla alon brings the total charge to about prot harry snyder expresses the opinion that american mechanics can make equally s good an outfit at the same if not a lower cost de natured alcohol for use as fuel and light is successfully made on a small scale by european farmers and I 1 know of no reason why it canerot or should not be made in this coun lf |