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Show i 1 Alcohol from Potatoes and Beet Roots, 1 I. 1 M. Hery Boucher, Minister ol Com- I merco is taking the Initiative lu a very I interesting mattnr which insy eventual1)-preve eventual1)-preve to bn of considerable benefit to French agriculture. He Is conferring witli seternl savants for the purpoie of oganlrlug n competition, on which tho sum off 20,000 would be expended, will) n view to ascertaining whether alcohol extracted from potatoes and beet roots cannot bo effectively utilized for lighting by incandescence. It is argqeil that tlis would be n very vnlqable discovery, the more so ns the supply of petroleum and that, at a moment when the German Government Is encuurugliig the export ol sugar, it would be well to llnd another market (or French beet root. If tho upshot of the consultation between the Minister ol Commerce and representatives represen-tatives ol the scientific world bo satisfactory, satisfac-tory, a series of experiments will be inaugurated. Competitors will iUn up the lesulls nt our Investigation! and the sum will bo divided among those who may succeed In solving the problem. |
