Show ALCOHOL FROM POTATO CULLS denatured liquid suitable for man of varnish and other commercial article articles i DY by A 0 alcohol Is a subH tanco produced by the fermentation of sugar in practice there aro are two possibly pos sources of sugar for or this pur purpose poso first plants illy villy con containing kalning sugar ready to bo be con cor averted into alcohol by ample torment aaion such ns no sugar cano sugar be boots its sorghum fruits etc second materials containing starch which inny may bo be changed into sugar by tho the notion of kaalt or acids and then tormented apparatus for determining the starch contents of potatoes fluch much as potatoes grains eto etc alcohol has bas been and Is low now bal being ng made from sawdust but as tho the processes edg aloyed aro are trade secrets this material will not bo be discussed tho the so called denatured alcohol hol ie in prepared by the addition of such ingredients as will make the alcohol unfit for drinking purposes it is used extensively in the manufacture of var varnish ninh explosives chemicals and many other commercial articles it may also be used in various household appliances both for lighting and heating beating purposes with much more safety than cither either kerosene or gasoline its cost previous to the enactment of lawa making it tax free was such as to prevent its uso use in engines and motors ron consequently very little was done toward their adaptation to its use it Is however being successfully used in both anil anti traction engines in ether countries where it can bo be had at a moderate mo dorato price and under similar conditions of economic manufacture would undoubtedly be so used in this country potatoes have been successfully used as a source of cheap alcohol in other countries and conditions in this country indicate that largo large quantities of potato culls with mith the necessary starch content aro are available for this purpose at a price which would permit of the profitable manufacture of alcohol the percentage of starch in potatoes may me easily delci mined by means of a specially specialty prepare pared antni anent an average amaio of tte potatoes Is washed and thoroughly V dried exactly ten ton pounds are placed in the m wire ire basket one potato may be cut rut if it necessary to get the exact weight tho the instrument with the basket attached Is nort td in a A lank containing clear at a at nt 5 degrees Faren Fa renholt holl the stem Is so grad bated that the percentage of tho the starch can bo read directly from it put average from 14 to 20 per cent of 0 starch and one pound of starch in practice yields about gallon of absolute alcohol or 0 gallon of denatured alcohol at degroes proof one ono hundred pounds of an nv av crage grutle of potatoes conti containing 17 per cent of starch would mould yield irately I 1 12 3 gallons of denatured alcohol |