Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-29
BULLETIN or OUR
COLLEGE ON
ALCOHOL
Prot. Hare Gives Interesting
Paper on Cactus as an
Alcohol Producer

Industrial or denaturd siroho. BE-
Cd uame applied to unlased cthyi ai-
aoboI obtained b, thr fermentation
of N1rch suHtf und othnr fermer
2 iuIe rafbnht drtte matter of plants
tn t,incii has bcru ndded SOME sub
nanct often methNi tNo0dl aicohol
ttat wil rcujrr it unit tor use uH
"a beverage without Hnrctlnr iN value
fni use u tho 1rts
Thn fr rut frdnrnl utt rrwnFirE
thr Cas- from thiH kind of Rlruitoi has
resulted W search for Hume plant
rum Nhiuh it can be- purarrd 800
uNicicut quantity 90 cheurrn tts
present cost of nruducti1n.
a ist uf ihr diurrcni sources from
nici, alcohol bar bcen, nf maY noe
-ibit be prepared is given u Farmers
nuurtu No. 26s rcccntll hHucd from
thr huscau of chemistry uf United
states department of agriculture, by
ur "a " Wiley
r'rlm This bulletiu t sould seem
Chat Indian corn 81 a prcKeni the
cheapest and mosi generally used
farm uruduct in Tho Tnited states
fpt co., manufacture "a aNohoi Dr.
Wur, estimates from the present
cost OF thr production uf corr. ihnt
alcohol should sell uctayei fur about
90 cents per gallon.
Tho average yieid az corn pDr acre
fnr OBJ. tuited Stu,nt is es.h bushels
INt .s pounds per bushei this would
I ue % yIcid uf about l,Cia pounds.
About go rur cent ~ corr iF COM
uured or carbohydrates o. fcrmcu-
/ table mattcr nearly all uf which Is
/ capable uf nudcrgolng alcoholic fer
+ mcnouon Thus Boo 1873 pounds ui
com tbr.c urc il4g pounds of frr-
mputable carbohydrates Since this
/ form az matter in pl1p's d capable
uf prnducinn uhput One hnlf of iis
I weight nf as ger cent linuho! there
anuld boz EGf, fsnuIi,it ~ toti gal
fnns produced from one acra. Nhich.
900 90 cents prr ualluu would hr
worth ca2.gt.
UrcratN cactus hts boon mention
-i us possible suutcr ui alcnhui
and the chemical department uf ths
institution bias hud scyrHI inOulrIr.
concerning t But aa $50 know ui
uu practical tcsts thit have ever been
.uutucJod Geo dctrrmin, the possible
WELD uf alcohol from caCtuH We were
uuahlc to answer these questions. tN.
IrppI bt au estimate 0f thC theoretical
uuuuuiy thHt 5uinhJ boz produced D.,
fermentation of thp ruihDhydrHt u
fhis plant such Hn estimate De- giN'
Goa bslow. boat H must hr remember
ird tnat two u Nef undetermined nu0
srtt uncertain factors ,utHf iuu
these culcuiaup Uul in. rcHwl oh
uinrd SHOULD NOT De- rHtei above
their expressed valuation.
while. fnr Instance analysis sh"NI
that custus contains nhnut lu pyI
cent carbohydrate. 10 10 uut rrriulf
thoi go of these are frim'Nwnir De-
torn alcohol Thpu 5000. th, uul'
dntn thrt we hayv rurcrwiuH in'
,teid of cnrtuH per acre D. from
. rpniiernan W snn Autuuio. reNNs
who has cultivated and frd the piHn
fur number uf years liD rstiwHtr
thut if 600 urrDH were cultivate.
without hartvsiug f'r three Nrlr
then TOO toms vouii hp obtained iu
1cnuitrir from this rra nkDrs da1 30
the wear ThiF be mu, hr sr"n b
leauivairui to thr enormous yield 4"
18a0e pounds pef bcrr. aud maY Bod
tar uboye thr average Nirid thHt rU
b. ercurcd
If huwc,pr 500 estimate thr turu
retiral amount uf alcohol uur..bI
p from Hu nrrr uf rnrtuH W Che slm
risuncf as Nas dute abutr fur corn
! uHsuming thr Nirld uf cactus o." b
90 u00 pounds per acre. ANA dl 90
o. 20 per cent uf carbohydrate O.
be- fcrmeuiahie. wr Nouli obtain at
. pouuds or about ,ai gallons uf a.
rohnl which. 900 lu cents pen EiIlu
Z onuid bs worth fgnN 90 against f3a
60 tho ,Hu. of th. alcohol fr"m r
Z Irre uf corn
Wnus. as brfpr. staird tHr urur.
3 alttn aburr fur ihr yirld nf ulrnht
lau acre Ui rucns arn BOO 600 prot
Z ability tou high thry urrr calculate
"a fsm thr moist reliable data ut prv.
. eut available aud the ouiN vuF 20
7 Nhiah thls luirTrHliur question ct
! be- definitely decided b. tr clrrfuli
p determine iuat what thp WELD uf rH'
' ius u,l acre NH hr under favurHh
conditions Or chem lhs ylcid abou
prove Go be- sufficiently large thr raj
road comnnuies aould douhtIess d
J. willing to deliver car of thrs
" NNMNNN" AhN H'N'NIN N|N.N'NNA NHN' ~ 800 ..N
d cohul iu actually determine itH tniu
- Tor making thls product oa coon
Z nurUinl HcuiC
I it may be- chat thr fruits uf tt
z pricklr, pear Nlll hc f1uHi bette
!. suited tn ihr manufacture of alc0h'
= ihur tnr stems 81 the Yield per uci
D ran be- fauud sufficiently large
y ussr1ut their production We ha'
fuuua thnt some varieties uf 'h
frult contain 40 40 i1 per cent Hugn
aii uf uhirh ia easily ana readily col
}. sssird into hieuhol. without che pr'
= rluus mali nr ncid treatment nrcr
nl aars 60 nrndurc Ri'uhni frnm Hnrci
.H substances.
, A. uould therefore seem tn us goa
y from nur present nOWirdFe of %
q subject the manufacture uf indu
Il trial alcohol frum Onctua clu roasoI
I- ably ht considered nlthW thc nn'
d uf possibilities
b g. F WAEE.
Beeemhef 60 laog